sink into

VERB

penetrate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crack drill enter go through infiltrate invade pass through permeate pervade puncture seep

STRONG

access bayonet bore charge come diffuse drive encroach force gore impale insert insinuate introduce jab knife percolate perforate prick probe ream saturate spear stab suffuse thrust trespass

WEAK

barge in blow in break in breeze in bust in eat through filter in get in ingress make a hole make an entrance pop in run into stick into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

surrender yield

STRONG

retreat

WEAK

exit misconstrue misinterpret misunderstand take out withdraw

Example Sentences

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Our short journey there is exhausting, as you have to keep moving to not sink into the soft powder.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

She watched her mother sink into dementia without being able to ask to leave "with dignity", as she had wished, because the law was not yet in force.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

They focused on crustal delamination, a process in which sections of Earth's crust become compressed, chemically altered, and dense enough to detach and sink into the mantle below.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

Would you sink into depression, or would you seek a new path through the world?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

Victory had soothed their anger, and the army of animals was pulling back to let the Juggernaut sink into the sea.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

sink into

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