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Meanings of sunk lower in English

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Usage of sunk lower in English
1
The black clouds had sunk lower and they must open before long.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
2
Ms. Campbell sunk lower in her chair as if trying to hide.
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
3
Unconsciously her slightly husky contralto voice had sunk lower and trembled audibly.
Murder at Bridge
4
Her head sunk lower on her bosom, and she hurried yet faster.
Robert Falconer
5
His head, usually so buoyantly erect, was now sunk lower and forward.
The Rangeland Avenger
6
Only Don Jose's head had sunk lower and lower on his breast.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
7
It is just that they have sunk lower than anyone thought they could.
The Guardian
8
Only it seemed to have become heavier and had sunk lower.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
9
After midnight she sunk lower and lower with every passing hour.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
10
The great black birds, wheeling on lazy pinions, seemed to have sunk lower.
The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
11
As Tom had walked along his head had sunk lower and lower in thought.
The Young Engineers in Arizona; or, Laying Tracks on the Man-kil...
12
Then she sighed again, and her queenly head sunk lower.
A Woman-Hater
13
My heart, as well, it might, sunk lower and lower.
Dick Onslow Among the Redskins
14
Gerald's head sunk lower on his chest, and his affectation of slumber became more profound.
The Canadian Brothers; Or, The Prophecy Fulfilled: A Tale of the...
15
The voices behind had sunk lower and lower.
The Governors
16
The sun sunk lower and lower, shining level across the yellow gorse and the moorland pools.
The King in Yellow
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