When the animal, usually a penguin, sank helplessly into the water, the group of Borers would devour it.

Anna said, sobbing, as she sank helplessly into an armchair.

The slowly whirling rotor eased the descent as they sank helplessly toward the valley floor.

He was helplessly sinking, weighted down by his heavy mail coat.

He sank helplessly back into the chair.

To say that is hardly to abandon standards of judgment, to sink helplessly into some bottomless multicultural soup.

She pressed gentle, warm fingers over his eyes, and he sank helplessly into blackness.

She remained so, in rigor, then sank helplessly back against the pillow when the door closed him out of her sight again.

Her deep blue eyes locked with mine, and I felt myself sinking helplessly into their depths.

All about her in rickety cots, exhausted girls sank helplessly into sleep.