sunk
Example Sentences
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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.”
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The worry went from my head and sunk down to my chest and settled to a sickness in my stomach.
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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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.