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Search phrase: sinking

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.64That we must leave thee to thy sinking, forThat we must leaue thee to thy sinking, for
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.78And left the ship, then sinking-ripe, to us.And left the ship then sinking ripe to vs.
CoriolanusCor II.i.245.1For sinking under them.For sinking vnder them.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.97The splitting rocks cowered in the sinking sands,The splitting Rockes cowr'd in the sinking sands,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.11by my size that I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. If theby my size, that I haue a kinde of alacrity in sinking: if the

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.280 Then who fears sinking where such treasure lies?’ Then who feares sinking where such treasure lies?

Glossary

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decliningfalling, sinking, descending
qualmsickening fear, sinking feeling
sinking-ripeready to sink

Thesaurus

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feeling, sinkingqualm
sinkingdeclining
sinking feelingqualm

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