With no struggle for financial security ahead, he'd been sinking quietly into a state ofbemused complacency.

His eyelids sank quietly often as he walked in happy warmth.

If they had already capsized, he reasoned, the Wave would have passed on by this time, leaving them quietly sinking in its lee.

The cayman sank quietly into the mud at the bottom, where it felt safely concealed.

This shared relaxation floated gently past these limits, creating a sensation like sinking quietly into a deep hole.

The house's southeast corner sloped downward, and the front porch was quietly sinking into the earth.

Susan Paladino sank quietly into the dark waves of the sea.

Enid let herself sink quietly into the high-backed chair.

It hung suspended above the lake for an instant, then sank quietly beneath the water and was gone.

On the whole, though, this quirky and startling result sank quietly into the scientific literature.