Wordplay Thursday #25

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Here’s a writing prompt for you. It’s a simple fill-in-the-blank. You can use one word or several. Feel free to get as crazy, genre-appropriate, or as imaginative as you want. The point is to get the creative juices flowing. And it’s a good thing to dig deeper, so don’t stop at the first idea that hits you. Try coming up with at least five things.

“The sun sank like _______.”

I’ll give you an example to get you started:

“The sun sank like a bad gambler’s bank account balance.”

I’d love to hear what you come up with, so please share in the comments. Oh, and please keep your posts below an R-rating. It’s a family show, after all!

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Thanks to Steve, Andrew Clayton, Roger Vines, August, Janet Goodman, Nila Kay, Steven, Jerry Childers, Willa Thompson, Cathy, and Matt Martoccio for their great additions to Wordplay Thursday #24 (read it here)! Great job!

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23 thoughts on “Wordplay Thursday #25”

  1. The sun sank like my stomach when I got on one knee.

    The sun sank like the shot I just did.

    The sun sank like my old trusted row boat.

    The sun sank like a quarter tossed in the well.

    The sun sank like me when the teacher looked around the room.

  2. I always look forward to Thursdays! Love getting my mind going. And although I brought up marriage at least I wrote in first person and didn’t let facts distract me 😉

  3. The sun sank like a lantern running out of kerosene.
    The sun sank like a bobber in an overstocked trout pond
    The sun sank like a giant Pacman swimming in the ocean (kind of hard to swim with no arms or legs!)

  4. The sun sank like the great Titanic
    The sun sank like my heart when I got the news
    The sun sank like an alligator waiting for it’s prey
    The sun sank like a rock on the water
    The sun sank like an empty whiskey bottle thrown into the lake

  5. the sun sank like a shipwrecked treasure
    the sun sank like my heart after a break-up
    the sun sank like an elephant in quicksand
    the sun sank like a smouldering boulder in a pot of stone soup
    the sun sank like a worm in tequila
    the sun sank like a cheater’s test scores
    the sun sank like a potato chip in cheese dip
    the sun sank like a pebble in the ocean
    the sun sank like a fading dream
    the sun sank like a brussels sprout at the kids’ table
    the sun sank like a moldy cheese wheel at a dinner party

  6. The sun sank – like the cherry in her bourbon when it got caught under the ice.
    The sun sank – like an undercover copper down deep in his trench lapel.
    The sun sank – like the dreams of a young man watching himself grow old.
    The sun sank – like the shoulder of a wolf who’s hunting a pintail duck.
    The sun sank – like a hot red poker cooled of in the chill of the night.

  7. The sun sank like broken heart… (…or like a jilted)

    My sun sank like a rock in a pond… Blinked twice and my baby was gone.
    Enough hurting–know I’ve gotta move on. But my sun sank like a rock in a pond.

    1. The sun sank like a submarine during war time.

      The sun sank like an overloaded john boat

      The sun sank like a balloon drifting beyond the clouds

      The sun sank like a rubber raft being deflated

      The sun sank like my cell phone when I dropped it in the pool

  8. The sun sank like a doomed pirate ship full of gold and silver.
    The sun sank like a water balloon dropped from his dorm room window.
    The sun sank like a jelly doughnut in a cup of joe.
    The sun sank like his sister’s dead goldfish.
    The sun sank like the Dow Jones on Black Monday.

  9. The sun sank like rocks
    The sun sank like bad stocks
    The sun sank like fault line houses
    The sun sank like ships from loose lips
    The sun sank like a former actor into oblivion

  10. The sun sank like:

    – a millstone collar
    – the Obama dollar
    – a judge’s gavel
    – a gravel boat
    – a leaky balloon
    – a hopeless nation
    – a fiery F-15
    – a Nolan Ryan breaking ball
    – the post-season hopes of a Cubs fan

  11. The sun sank like my hopes when I first saw him with her
    The sun sank like an arrow as it found its mark
    The sun sank like water in a mound of thirsty sand
    The sun sank like sand castles swept away by ocean tides

  12. The sun sank like the stock market crash..
    The sun sank like the lump in my throat..
    The sun sank like so many times before..
    The sun sank like my inflated hopes..

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