sinker in English

noun
1
a weight used to sink a fishing line or sounding line.
The Cod were playing hard to get and the squid baits had to be just about holding the bottom, so that if you lifted the sinker off the bottom by a few yards, the tide would wash the end rig a few yards further downtide.
2
a pitch that drops markedly as it nears home plate.
But I wasn't looking for that pitch because he was now throwing sinkers away.
3
a type of windsurfing board of insufficient buoyancy to support a person unless moving fast.
In 1981 Jaap beat his own record with 25.2 knots on a new sinker .
4
a doughnut.
We had some sinkers for breakfast and I can feel them yet.
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1. hook, line and sinker.

2. 2 hook, line and sinker.

3. 5 Terminal tackle: Use a sinker release with a 2-to 3-pound lead cannonball sinker.

4. 26 He fell for the propaganda hook , line and sinker.

5. 13 It was a sinker, Wang said later.

6. 10 I was caught hook, line and sinker.

7. We fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

8. 1 We fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

9. 28 But mostly, Guidry conceded , Wang gets outs with the sinker.

10. The media bought Stuart's story hook, line, and sinker.

11. 11 He fell for the storyhook, line , and sinker.

12. 3 The media bought Stuart's story hook, line, and sinker.

13. 12 The sinker form also influences the mooring line force.

14. 9 What I said was untrue but he and sinker.

15. 30 What I said was untrue but he hookline and sinker.

16. 14 In fact, Wang said his sinker was sinking more than usual.

17. 7 Sinker A very small board which is used in stronger winds.

18. 19 The people seem to have swallowed the government's promises hook, line, and sinker.

19. 25 Drop the ribber. Change over to the main bed sinker plate.

20. 15 Wang didn't learn his sinker until he signed with the Yankees.

21. What an idiot! He believed the whole story hook, line, and sinker!

22. 21 Most Brother machines gave weaving brushes which are built in to the sinker plate.

23. The people seem to have swallowed the government's promises hook, line, and sinker.

24. 17 What I said was not true, but he fell for it hook, line and sinker.

25. 20 What an idiot! He believed the whole story hook, line,[www.Sentencedict.com] and sinker!

26. What I said was not true, but he fell for it hook, line and sinker.

27. 4 It is called a sinker because it sinks beneath you when you are stationary.

28. The slow infield probably benefits Wang's sinker, but Wang's only explanation was, " I just feel comfortable. "

29. 6 When you knit with the ribber, there's no sinker plate and the connecting arm forms an arch.

30. She told him she needed the money for her baby and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.

31. 8 Maddux summoned a killer sinker and got Wade Boggs to bounce into a 4-6-3 double play.

32. His father was a die sinker and part-owner of a jewellery shop, and they lived near the Jewellery Quarter.

33. 18 I thought that maybe, with the ribber on half pitch, the transfer needle had hit a ribber sinker post.

34. 16 She told him she needed the money for her baby and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.

35. 24 Many machines have tuck brushes or rubber wheels beneath the sinker plate; these have to be moved into working position.

36. If the ribber is on full pitch these prongs move in slightly between the ribber sinker posts as you wind the handle.

37. 22 To knit single bed tuck and slip stripes, the yarn goes in feeder 1 of the YC6 colour changer sinker plate.

38. 23 If the ribber is on full pitch these prongs move in slightly between the ribber sinker posts as you wind the handle.

39. This arrangement facilitates a slight adjustment of the tool plane in relation to the sinker and thus precise adaptation to the prevailing conditions.

40. That LeBron attempted to outdo him later in the week was nothing more than meaningless bravado, which the media ate up hook line and sinker.

41. 19 That LeBron attempted to outdo him later in the week was nothing more than meaningless bravado, which the media ate up hook line and sinker.

42. 27 This experiment is neat because it shows the different gradations of self-deception, all the way up to its purest form, in which people manage to trick themselves hook, line and sinker.

43. 29 I was looking for something early in the count, because when you get two strikes against a guy with a good sinker you"re probably going to hit a ground ball."

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45. The Cliffhanger is the hook that makes the reader turn the page, but if you don’t have a solid line supporting them across the gap and a sinker that pulls them deep into the next scene or chapter, your fish is likely to wriggle off and swim away.

46. In New Hampshire, for instance, fishing regulations on a handful of lakes allow for the use of a special Cusk line – a singlehook, line, and sinker that sits on the bottom of the lake unattended; typically a fisherman sets the line in the evening and checks it in the morning.