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They commonly smoked them, Pierre while he paced the room, Jean, sunk in a deep arm-chair, with his legs crossed.
Ils les fumaient ordinairement l'un en marchant à travers la pièce, l'autre assis, enfoncé dans un fauteuil, et les jambes croisées.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Ah, yes, indeed! cried Mouret, with a hopeless look, once upon a time she would have sunk into the ground to avoid a quarrel; a mere glance was suflScient to make her do everything I Désiréed.
--Eh oui! s'écria Mouret désespéré. Pour éviter une querelle, elle serait rentrée sous terre.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
Tom's heart sunk when he saw them.
Le cœur de Tom lui défaillit en les regardant.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
I pass out through the breach; and still surrounded and entwined in the clamor of despair, I arrive under the free sky, in the soft earth where mingled planks and legs are sunk.
Je sors par la brèche : j’arrive, tout enveloppé, tout ligoté encore de rumeur désespérée, sous le ciel libre, dans la terre molle où sont noyés des madriers parmi lesquels les jambes s’enchevêtrent.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Some seconds had elapsed, longer than hours, and his spirit had sunk into the numb torpor of idiocy.
Quelques secondes s'étaient écoulées, plus longues que des heures, et son âme s'était engourdie dans un hébétement d'idiot.
Maupassant, Guy de / Pierre and JeanMaupassant, Guy de / Pierre et Jean
Pierre et Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Pierre and Jean
Maupassant, Guy de
Valentine had sunk upon a chair, stifling with sobs, her limbs trembling.
Valentine s’effondra sur une chaise, les membres tremblants, suffoquée par les sanglots.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
He might have been up stuffing himself with eggs and bacon, irritating the dog, or flirting with the slavey, instead of sprawling there, sunk in soul-clogging oblivion.
Alors qu’il eût pu être en train de se gaver d’œufs au bacon, de taquiner Montmorency ou de lutiner la servante, il restait là, vautré, et l’âme livrée aux miasmes de l’oubli.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Her inert limbs indeed seemed quite lifeless, and she had sunk into a condition of extreme weakness, to such a point, in fact, that on certain days it became necessary for her sister to place her food in her mouth.
Ses jambes inertes semblaient mortes, elle tombait à une faiblesse telle, que certains jours, sa sœur devait la faire manger.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
In the depths of that ocean of nihility all sunk and vanished, Rome's four and twenty centuries, the ancient Palatine and the modern Quirinal, even the giant dome of St. Peter's, blotted out from the sky by the flood of gloom.
Tout sombrait au fond de cette mer du néant, les vingt-quatre siècles de Rome, le Palatin antique et le moderne Quirinal, le dôme géant de Saint-Pierre, effacé du ciel par le flot d’ombre.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The combat-strength of the infantry had sunk drastically.
La force de combat de l'infanterie était tombée en chute libre.
Kershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 NemesisKershaw, Ian / Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Hitler. 1936-1945 Némésis
Kershaw, Ian
© Ian Kershaw, 2000.
© Flammarion, 2000, pour la traduction franсaise. Edition revue, 2001.
Hitler. 1936-1945 Nemesis
Kershaw, Ian
© 2000 by Ian Kershaw
Slowly and gradually, as its meaning came over him, he collapsed, rather than seated himself, on his old chair, and sunk his head down upon his knees.
Lentement, peu à peu, il comprit, s’affaissa sur sa vieille chaise, et cacha sa tête entre ses genoux.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
One night, after all in Tom's cabin were sunk in sleep, he was suddenly aroused by seeing her face at the hole between the logs, that served for a window.
Une nuit, tous les habitants de la case de Tom dormaient profondément, lorsqu’il fut réveillé en sursaut, et vit paraître la figure de Cassy à la fenêtre, ou plutôt au trou qui en tenait lieu.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
With a wave of her hand and without uttering a word Madame Vigneron drew their attention to Madame Chaise, who lay motionless, with her head sunk in the pillow and her hands stiffened and twisted.
D’un geste, sans répondre, Mme Vigneron montra Mme Chaise, qui ne bougeait plus, la tête retombée sur l’oreiller, les mains retournées et raidies.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Deeply sunk in a corner, he half opens a lack-luster eye, bites and masticates his old soldier's mustache—not long ago the only ornament on his face—and from time to time spits out a hair.
Renforcé dans un coin, il entrouvre un œil atone, mâche et rumine sa moustache de grognard, naguère la seule garniture de son visage, et crache de temps en temps un poil.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
Seated before the fire, they had sunk down in their chairs, as silent as if they had been a thousand miles from each other.
Assis devant le feu, ils s’affaissaient dans leur fauteuil, muets, comme à mille lieues l’un de l’autre.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile

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Collocations

sunk costs
coûts irrécupérables
heat sink
radiateur
sinking fund
fonds d'amortissement
sink of greenhouse gases
puits de gaz à effet de serre
cause to sink
affaisser

Word forms

sink

verb
Basic forms
Pastsank, sunk
Imperativesink
Present Participle (Participle I)sinking
Past Participle (Participle II)sunk, sunken
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sinkwe sink
you sinkyou sink
he/she/it sinksthey sink
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sinkingwe are sinking
you are sinkingyou are sinking
he/she/it is sinkingthey are sinking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sunk, sunkenwe have sunk, sunken
you have sunk, sunkenyou have sunk, sunken
he/she/it has sunk, sunkenthey have sunk, sunken
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sinkingwe have been sinking
you have been sinkingyou have been sinking
he/she/it has been sinkingthey have been sinking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sank, sunkwe sank, sunk
you sank, sunkyou sank, sunk
he/she/it sank, sunkthey sank, sunk
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sinkingwe were sinking
you were sinkingyou were sinking
he/she/it was sinkingthey were sinking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sunk, sunkenwe had sunk, sunken
you had sunk, sunkenyou had sunk, sunken
he/she/it had sunk, sunkenthey had sunk, sunken
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sinkingwe had been sinking
you had been sinkingyou had been sinking
he/she/it had been sinkingthey had been sinking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sinkwe shall/will sink
you will sinkyou will sink
he/she/it will sinkthey will sink
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sinkingwe shall/will be sinking
you will be sinkingyou will be sinking
he/she/it will be sinkingthey will be sinking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sunk, sunkenwe shall/will have sunk, sunken
you will have sunk, sunkenyou will have sunk, sunken
he/she/it will have sunk, sunkenthey will have sunk, sunken
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sinkingwe shall/will have been sinking
you will have been sinkingyou will have been sinking
he/she/it will have been sinkingthey will have been sinking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sinkwe should/would sink
you would sinkyou would sink
he/she/it would sinkthey would sink
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sinkingwe should/would be sinking
you would be sinkingyou would be sinking
he/she/it would be sinkingthey would be sinking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sunk, sunkenwe should/would have sunk, sunken
you would have sunk, sunkenyou would have sunk, sunken
he/she/it would have sunk, sunkenthey would have sunk, sunken
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sinkingwe should/would have been sinking
you would have been sinkingyou would have been sinking
he/she/it would have been sinkingthey would have been sinking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sunk, sunkenwe are sunk, sunken
you are sunk, sunkenyou are sunk, sunken
he/she/it is sunk, sunkenthey are sunk, sunken
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sunk, sunkenwe are being sunk, sunken
you are being sunk, sunkenyou are being sunk, sunken
he/she/it is being sunk, sunkenthey are being sunk, sunken
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sunk, sunkenwe have been sunk, sunken
you have been sunk, sunkenyou have been sunk, sunken
he/she/it has been sunk, sunkenthey have been sunk, sunken
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sunk, sunkenwe were sunk, sunken
you were sunk, sunkenyou were sunk, sunken
he/she/it was sunk, sunkenthey were sunk, sunken
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sunk, sunkenwe were being sunk, sunken
you were being sunk, sunkenyou were being sunk, sunken
he/she/it was being sunk, sunkenthey were being sunk, sunken
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sunk, sunkenwe had been sunk, sunken
you had been sunk, sunkenyou had been sunk, sunken
he/she/it had been sunk, sunkenthey had been sunk, sunken
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sunk, sunkenwe shall/will be sunk, sunken
you will be sunk, sunkenyou will be sunk, sunken
he/she/it will be sunk, sunkenthey will be sunk, sunken
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sunk, sunkenwe shall/will have been sunk, sunken
you will have been sunk, sunkenyou will have been sunk, sunken
he/she/it will have been sunk, sunkenthey will have been sunk, sunken