The _ Lusitania _ had been struck strike by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking sink rapidly , while the boats were being launched launch with all possible speed .

" Ten cents , " said say Dick , dropping drop his box , and sinking sink upon his knees on the sidewalk , flourishing flourish his brush with the air of one skilled in his profession .

Her hand was radiantly outlined against her beautiful bosom ; then sinking sink her voice to a whisper whisper , she told tell them of the apricot cordial .

The words in these introductory pages connected themselves with the succeeding vignettes , and gave significance to the rock standing up alone in a sea of billow and spray ; to the broken boat stranded on a desolate coast ; to the cold and ghastly moon glancing glance through bars of cloud at a wreck just sinking sink .

A third Indian , mortally wounded , was sinking sink at the feet of a man whose back was towards me .

" Indeed , Florence , you ought to know , " said say Curtis , sinking sink his voice into softly modulated accents accent .

He laughed laugh , then sighed sigh , and , sinking sink his chin into his hand and softly tapping tap his foot against the ground , fell into a reverie reverie .