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  • past participle of sink.
  • past tense form of sink.
Definitions

sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
Synonyms






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He did not give the location of the ship, but Romania's interior ministry said it had sunk about 30 nautical miles south of its port of Sfantu Gheorghe.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Meta sunk $14.3 billion into Scale AI, in order to buy Wang into its ecosystem and spearhead its artificial intelligence lab.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Southern Command, which oversees American forces in Latin America, said the crews were removed from the vessels and handed over to Ecuador’s authorities before the boats were sunk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He just really sunk himself into the part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Several people went hurrying past him on the sidewalk, their chins sunk deep in the collars of their coats, their feet crunching in the snow.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl




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