Lose and Sinking

Lose

Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.

Sinking and lose are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Sinking" with "Lose", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: loser, losing

Sinking

Sinking noun - A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength).
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Synonyms for Sinking

Lose and sinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lose" instead a verb "Sinking".

Nearby Words: sink, sinker

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Jaws Fingore: What leads to Quint's death; one of Hooper's oxygen tanks falls on his hand, causing him to lose his grip on the now sinking Orca.
    Source: Film / Jaws
  • Anime / Girls und Panzer Before the show even begins, it is implied Miho suffers one when she causes Kuromorimine to lose their final battle against Pravda last year, because she abandoned her flag tank to save the crew of another sinking tank.
  • Powder Trail Though it was rather elaborate, running along a board over open water, on an already sinking ship, which makes one wonder how the hell did it not get wet or lose a critical few inches halfway through...
    Source: Powder Trail
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