sink
Example Sentences
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Not long ago, a woman stood at the sink and watched a year of her life run down the drain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
This strategy “will not come cheap for Apple,” Goldberg warned, noting that Apple’s product gross margin could sink to the low-30% range from the high-30% range seen a year ago.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
"She's strong, she's tough. She's going to throw the kitchen sink at me from round one," Price said.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
"By rapidly taking up and using fuel sources from our bodies and the food that we eat, brown fat acts like a metabolic sink that draws in nutrients and prevents them from being stored."
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
Her hands were still in the sink, but she had stopped washing.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing sink
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Units 2–3
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