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During the American War of Independence, France’s sympathies were undisguised: American ships were granted safe anchorage in the FWI, privateers raiding from Saint-Barthélemy’s coves sank many a British merchantman, and a Martinique regiment fought the British at Savannah, Georgia.
In the 16th century the Spaniards sank a well here to supply their treasure fleets with fresh water for the long journey back across the Atlantic.
I do not quite agree with the sense underlying a tough road to hoe and his head sank to his boots , but I assume they occasion no discomfort on the part of the speaker.
The attempt failed when the small boat, overloaded with explosives, sank.
In 1979, the Hood Canal Bridge to the Olympic Peninsula, which had supplanted the Lake Washington span as the longest floater, sank in high seas.