He sank down on a stool by the table, and buried his face in his broad hands.
When she had gone, he sank down on a bench like a heavily burdened man and pressed his hands to his eyes.
This may have gone on for some two hours or so, till he sank down into an arm-chair, cherry-brown of countenance.
As he sank down on the stone steps of the portico of the house he murmured between his teeth, "Shall I ever want canvasses?
Tussmann, overwhelmed by this unmerited reproof, sank down into a chair breathless, closed his eyes, and murmured something completely unintelligible in whimpering accents.
Irresistibly impelled by some invisible power, I sank down on the grass which was under the tree.
There he sank down, still gasping, among the roots of one of the great cedars near the gate.
He sank down into it, and when she put his breakfast beside him she saw with a start that he was fast asleep.
He sank down on the oriel seat, the letter dropping from his hands.
So, utterly exhausted, and nearly frightened to death, I sank down at length there on the stone flooring, and sank into oblivion.
I sat down on the foot of the couch near to the font-like basin of water, and She sank down softly on to the other end.
So astonishing was the wondrous sight that one and all of us, save She, who stood up and stretched her hands towards the fire, sank down before it, and hid our faces in the sand.
He sank down in a chair by the window, and turning his back on them, pushed his head out to get air.
She choked, and hiding her face in her hands, sank down on the seat, the poor, thin shoulders under the cheap blouse shaking with her convulsive sobbing.
This duty ended, he sank down with a lazy yawn and, rolling a fresh cigarette, tossed it good-naturedly over to the captive, with a match along.
The old man shook his gray head despondently and, with a weary sigh and long-drawn whistling breaths, sank down on an oat bin.
He sank down on the ground again, and sat there with his elbows on his knees, his head propped on his hands, staring steadily before him.
Then it sank down on the grass and lay there, faintly wagging its tail, and fixing its eyes on Gray with a pathetic, supplicating glance.
He stopped short, as much astonished as I was, while I sank down on the seat next the stern, ready to sob, and put up my hands before my face.
And that done I sank down again in a bloody swoon, and perceived nothing more.
After that I know no more, for when the morning broke, and the officers came to release the handful left alive, the energy that had held me up so long forsook me, and I sank down unconscious.
And then, as if he had been sustained by no more than the very force of his will, he sank down in a heap among the dead and wounded huddled against the vessel's bulwarks.
She continued to bend over him, and then gradually and very softly sank down on her knees beside him.
That done he sank down with a clank of shackles to the bench again, whilst every one of his fellow-slaves that faced his way looked on with fearful eyes.
When he had gone about half the distance he sank down on his hands and knees and began to crawl, a laborious and sometimes painful operation, burdened as he was with his rifle, and unused to such methods of locomotion.
By and by he sank down in his blanket and fell into a sound sleep.
He sank down behind a dwarf pine, and then he saw not thirty feet away the cause of the sound.
At length I could bear the pain no longer, and, overcome with fatigue, a faintness seized me, and I sank downon the ground.
Immediately the person began to run towards me; when, unable longer to stand, I sank down on the sand, fearing that after all he might be an enemy.
I declare I am dead-tired," I said, and I sank down on the sofa.
He sank down on the nearest chair, hitched up his great, square shoulders, and gazed at me from under his penthouse of inky-black hair.
I felt vulgar and rough and commonplace beside her; but she steered me right past the numerous tables until we got into a room which was comparatively cool, and we sank down together on a sofa.
Not far off was an opening between two large bowlders, and here he sank down, too exhausted to take another step.
Here he sank down, as if to rest, but nevertheless kept one eye open and fixed upon Joe.
But the effort was too much for it, and it sank down, groaning with pain, in a pool of blood which had formed.
He sank down in his chair and fell forward on the table, his big body limp under the shock of this awful calamity.
The man walked across to the fire, sank down in a chair, and covered his face with his hands.
For a moment Carper Harris stood dazed and dumbfounded by his awful discovery; then he sank downin a heap on the floor and covered his face with his hands.
He sank down into an easy-chair, and covered his face with his hands.
Then he sank down in his easy-chair to indulge in anxious meditation.
With a glad cry the girl flew to his side, but when he kissed her his lips trembled, he sank down on the nearest chair like a man who had received a great shock.
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