The canoe adrift being directed by no such intelligence, pursued its proper way, and grounded on a small sunken rock, at the distance of three or four yards from the shore.
La pirogue abandonnée à elle-même continua à dériver, et toucha sur un petit rocher à fleur d’eau à vingt ou vint-cinq pieds du rivage.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
He seemed to him terribly aged; his temples were bare, and his sunken eyes shone with a strange brilliancy in his thin face all seamed with wrinkles.
Il lui parut terriblement vieilli; ses tempes s’étaient dénudées, ses yeux caves brillaient d’un feu étrange au milieu de son visage maigre, tout couturé de rides.
He stood petrified at the sight of Renardet's face. The mayor's cheeks were purple, his eyes were anxious and sunken, with black circles round them, his hair was unbrushed, his beard untrimmed, his necktie unfastened.
Il demeura stupéfait devant le visage de Renardet; il avait les joues violettes, le regard trouble, cerclé de noir, comme enfoncé dans la tête, les cheveux en désordre, la barbe mêlée, la cravate défaite.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
And he ended by distinguishing Laveuve's white, worn, sunken, deformed head.
Il finissait par distinguer la tête blanche, usée, déprimée, déformée.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
The sight of that sunken face, scarcely brightened by a feeble smile, extinguished the last flames that came from the ashes.
L’aspect de cette figure fondue, à peine animée par un sourire faible, éteignit les flammes sorties des cendres.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
The world seen thus, presents a spectacle of peculiar grandeur; here long ridges of rocks; there, in the sunken parts, pools of water; then, at distant intervals, some forests forming dark patches on the light-coloured earth.
La terre, ainsi considérée, offre un spectacle d’une grandeur singulière : ici des rochers par longues arêtes, là des flaques d’eau dans les trous ; puis, de loin en loin, quelques forêts faisant des taches sombres sur la blancheur du sol.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
He had already grown grey, with a sunken, fierce-looking face and childish, blinking eyes.
Lui, avait blanchi déjà, avec sa face creusée et farouche, où vacillaient des yeux d’enfance.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
From the trees all along the sunken road disturbing moisture had fallen on his neck, which now the burning sun was drying.
Le long du chemin creux, les arbres avaient laissé tomber sur sa nuque, des fraîcheurs inquiétantes, que maintenant le soleil ardent séchait.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
He was a short man, with square shoulders, and a sunken face that was rather Punch-like in appearance.
Il paraissait petit, les épaules carrées, le masque fouillé, tournant au polichinelle.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The man is on his belly; his loins are rent from hip to hip by a deep furrow; his head is half turned round; we see a sunken eye; and on temples, cheek and neck a kind of green moss is growing.
» L’homme est sur le ventre ; il a les reins fendus d’une hanche à l’autre par un profond sillon ; sa tête est à demi retournée ; on voit l’œil creux et sur la tempe, la joue et le cou, une sorte de mousse verte a poussé.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
So one should have thought, that witnessed the sunken and dejected expression on those dark faces; the wistful, patient weariness with which those sad eyes rested on object after object that passed them in their sad journey.
C’était ce qui se pouvait aisément lire sur ces physionomies abattues et sombres, dans ces regards douloureux, patients, tristement attachés à chaque objet qui fuyait des deux côtés de la route.
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
Her hollow temples, her sunken cheeks showed the interior formation of the face, and the smile upon her whitened lips vaguely resembled the grin of death.
Ses tempes creusées, ses joues rentrées montraient les formes intérieures du visage et le sourire que formaient ses lèvres blanches ressemblait vaguement au ricanement de la mort.
Balzac, Honore de / The Lily of the ValleyBalzac, Honore de / Le Lys dans la vallee
Le Lys dans la vallee
Balzac, Honore de
The Lily of the Valley
Balzac, Honore de
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Collocations
heat sink
radiateur
sinking fund
fonds d'amortissement
sunk costs
coûts irrécupérables
sink of greenhouse gases
puits de gaz à effet de serre
cause to sink
affaisser
Word forms
sink
verb
Basic forms
Past
sank, sunk
Imperative
sink
Present Participle (Participle I)
sinking
Past Participle (Participle II)
sunk, sunken
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sink
we sink
you sink
you sink
he/she/it sinks
they sink
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sinking
we are sinking
you are sinking
you are sinking
he/she/it is sinking
they are sinking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sunk, sunken
we have sunk, sunken
you have sunk, sunken
you have sunk, sunken
he/she/it has sunk, sunken
they have sunk, sunken
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sinking
we have been sinking
you have been sinking
you have been sinking
he/she/it has been sinking
they have been sinking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sank, sunk
we sank, sunk
you sank, sunk
you sank, sunk
he/she/it sank, sunk
they sank, sunk
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sinking
we were sinking
you were sinking
you were sinking
he/she/it was sinking
they were sinking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sunk, sunken
we had sunk, sunken
you had sunk, sunken
you had sunk, sunken
he/she/it had sunk, sunken
they had sunk, sunken
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sinking
we had been sinking
you had been sinking
you had been sinking
he/she/it had been sinking
they had been sinking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sink
we shall/will sink
you will sink
you will sink
he/she/it will sink
they will sink
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sinking
we shall/will be sinking
you will be sinking
you will be sinking
he/she/it will be sinking
they will be sinking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sunk, sunken
we shall/will have sunk, sunken
you will have sunk, sunken
you will have sunk, sunken
he/she/it will have sunk, sunken
they will have sunk, sunken
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sinking
we shall/will have been sinking
you will have been sinking
you will have been sinking
he/she/it will have been sinking
they will have been sinking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sink
we should/would sink
you would sink
you would sink
he/she/it would sink
they would sink
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sinking
we should/would be sinking
you would be sinking
you would be sinking
he/she/it would be sinking
they would be sinking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sunk, sunken
we should/would have sunk, sunken
you would have sunk, sunken
you would have sunk, sunken
he/she/it would have sunk, sunken
they would have sunk, sunken
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice