How to use "sank" in a sentence

The young lady, you know...' Her voice sank into a sigh.

At one point he had to walk waist-deep through water, and almost sank as the ground turned to sand beneath his feet

Valjean turned his back to the gate and sank to the ground, his head bowed between his knees

He sank into an armchair and buried his face in his hands

'It turned over and sank

I carried her body to the cabin, took the boat out that night and sank it

'They will think the boat sank when Rebecca went down into the cabin

I can't understand why it sank that night.'

The boat sank too far away from them

She sank back on the sofa, slouched down

I went out and sank down to the floor crying as he locked the door behind me

Then the humming stopped and the black, rounded object sank slowly out of sight into the pit.

This rose up in a cloud shaped like a hill, then sank and spread itself slowly over the surrounding country

And where it met with water, or even mist or wet grass, a chemical action took place and it turned into a powder that sank slowly and made room for more.

But that was in a village where the Black Smoke was allowed to remain until it sank into the ground

The sun sank into grey clouds, the sky darkened and an evening star came into sight

It grew smaller, sank slowly and disappeared again into the night