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sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
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Later, when asked what the family had done with the relics, Mother Fox told a neighbor that the bones had been “sunk in the creek.”

From Literature

The worry went from my head and sunk down to my chest and settled to a sickness in my stomach.

From Literature

England came into the Six Nations with hopes of winning a first title since 2020, but their campaign has been sunk by emphatic back-to-back defeats after they were overturned by Scotland in round two.

From BBC

Reflecting on his win, he says: "I still feel like it's not sunk in, but whatever happens no-one can take that away from me for the rest of my life."

From BBC

But weeks later, they learned the boat carrying the group had sunk near the Greek island of Crete.

From Barron's