Sentence examples of "couler" in French with translation "sink"

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Il ne peut pas nager, il va couler ! He can't swim, he will sink!
Ils abandonnèrent le navire en train de couler. They abandoned the sinking ship.
Ils ont abandonné le navire en train de couler. They abandoned the sinking ship.
Ils coulèrent dix navires ennemis. They sank ten enemy ships.
Le bois flotte, mais le fer coule. Wood floats, but iron sinks.
Le bateau a coulé durant la tempête. The boat sank during the storm.
Le Titanic coula lors de son voyage inaugural. The Titanic sunk on its maiden voyage.
Hier un bateau a coulé près d'ici. A ship sank near here yesterday.
Il est clair que le bateau a coulé. It is clear that the ship sank.
Elle a coulé sous la surface de l'eau. She sank under the surface of the water.
C'est en 1912 que le Titanic a coulé lors de son premier voyage. It was in 1912 that the Titanic sank during her first voyage.
Avez-vous la moindre idée de combien de personnes sont mortes lorsque le Titanic a coulé ? Do you have any idea how many people died when the Titanic sunk?
Tom et Marie sont allés en croisière près de l'Italie pour leur lune de miel, mais le bateau a coulé et Tom s'est noyé dans sa cabine. Tom and Mary went on a cruise near Italy for their honeymoon, but the ship sank and Tom was drowned in his cabin.
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