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

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
Synonyms






Example Sentences

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In the immediacy of Disney, it sunk in as wondrous reflection on Donne’s line: “Though I speed not, I cannot miss.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"It hasn't sunk in at all," she added.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Price-conscious consumers and off-trend Old Navy dresses may have sunk Gap’s stock on Friday, but some of the clothing retailer’s most prolonged struggles have been in its smallest and most-overlooked brand: Athleta.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

Recently discovered off the coast of Bulgaria was a Greek merchant ship that is estimated to have sunk 2,400 years ago, the oldest known intact shipwreck in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The canoe that had taken them four precious days to build had smashed on the rocks and sunk.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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