Sinking may refer to:

• Sinking of a ship; see shipwrecking
• Being submerged
• Sinking (album), a 1996 studio album by The Aloof
• Sinking (behavior), the act of pouring out champagne in the sink
• Sinking (metalworking), a metalworking technique
• Sinking (novella), a 1921 novella by Yu Dafu
• "Sinking", a song by No Doubt from the album No Doubt
• "Sinking", a song by Jars of Clay from the album Jars of Clay (album)
• Sinking Creek (disambiguation), several creeks
• Well drilling
• Shaft sinking, the process of digging a shaft in shaft mining