sinkage
Example Sentences
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At one point, owing to the lateral spreading of an embankment, there had been a slight sinkage of the line, and we had to proceed with caution.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Linthicum, Richard
At their base, slightly tilted forward as if with the sinkage of years, stood a great stone figure roughly carved, thirty feet high at least—mysterious-looking, the very spirit of the place.
From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)
The difficulty was at length overcome, but all along the side of the sinkage the earth was thrown up, broken into yawning chasms, and the surface was thus elevated above its old watery level.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
It was over, and all that could be noted was a sinkage in the ground where the ancient pit had been.
From Queen Sheba's Ring by Haggard, Henry Rider
It was with a distinct sinkage, well laid over with office imperturbability, that she showed Mrs. Blair the note, saw her stab into her greenish-black bird's nest of a hat and depart alone.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
