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

sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
Synonyms






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The pair travelled to Lauder in Scotland over the weekend to compete, and Jack said the victory "still hasn't sunk in yet".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

He just really sunk himself into the part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Chicago-area buyer who pulled out of her purchase at the 11th hour, meanwhile, felt relieved to not have sunk her money into the unit.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ecuador's Navy said it received 28 crew members from that vessel and the boat that was sunk on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

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.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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