Advertisement

View definitions for sunk

sunk

adjective as in drowned

Strongest match

Strong match

adjective as in reduced

adjective as in undone

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

INREDH, a local human rights group, documented 14 sunk boats over the period, four damaged, and one missing.

Read more on Barron's

Steven Pinker, a professor who teaches an introductory psychology course, said he has felt compelled to inflate grades at a similar rate to the college-wide data, even though he believes student performance has sunk.

Or is it “sunk”? Anyway, the horses looked like they were working really hard to pull the wheels out of the grooves in the street.

Read more on Literature

The original cast of subprime financiers had been sunk by the small fraction of the loans they made that they had kept on their books.

Read more on Literature

“U-95 was sunk by a Dutch submarine off the Spanish coast after failing to identify the threat, her crew fretting among themselves—‘What sort of a boat was she?

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement