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  • But while doing so he became dizzy, lost his balance and struck the left side of his head against the porcelain sink.

    Lactose Intolerance Doesn't Cause Strokes. Does It? Steve Carper 2005

  • But while doing so he became dizzy, lost his balance and struck the left side of his head against the porcelain sink.

    Archive 2005-12-01 Steve Carper 2005

  • When upon a time I brandished it, my heart hot with desire for vengeance, at your gazing upon me with an eye that took my measure, to see if I would answer as a wife for King Mark "-- (There, there is point of insufferable bitterness!) --" I let the sword sink.

    The Wagnerian Romances Gertrude Hall Brownell 1912

  • And, inexplicably, she could not proceed; pity moved her, she let the sword sink.

    The Wagnerian Romances Gertrude Hall Brownell 1912

  • ` ` Sometimes when things aren't going well and they get a couple quick ones, you kind of sink.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - San Jose vs. Calgary 2006

  • But I think that's the reason you have seen the polls really kind of sink.

    CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007 2007

  • We swung out the end of the main street and sailed down a road that vanished in the endless gentle slope of a "sink."

    The Killer Stewart Edward White 1909

  • As trees grow, they suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it, so a big forest like the Amazon is a carbon "sink."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • As trees grow, they suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it, so a big forest like the Amazon is a carbon "sink."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • As trees grow, they suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it, so a big forest like the Amazon is a carbon "sink."

    NPR Topics: News 2011

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