Gave
Sank
Both words in one sentence
- When the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed and sank in 1915, wealthy businessman Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt gave up his life jacket to a woman with a baby, and was last seen buckling her into it.
Source: Face Death with Dignity - As he sank into the lava when he was accidentally summoned there, he gave a thumbs up while only his hand was above the surface, only to briefly reemerge shortly after and flip off the group.
Source: Web Animation / Broken Quest - Channel Five also famously paid over the odds for Joey, a show which gave them one of their highest-ever audiences for the first episode...and then sank without trace.
Source: Creator / Channel Five
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