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

sunk

[suhngk] / sʌŋk /








ADJECTIVE
drowned
Synonyms






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The JCI closed 0.94 percent higher on Wednesday, having sunk earlier in the week to its lowest level since late 2020.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

She also had a close call with the sunk cost fallacy: the failure to disengage from a probably doomed pursuit because of the time already invested in it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

With a length of cord tied tightly across the river, he swam out, gripped firmly, and let the unstoppable current rush over as he sunk his head below the surface.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Two Emirati cargo ships, the GFS Pride and the Cape Dao, have sunk in the past 24 hours after being struck in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Her shoulders were sunk down, and her face was red, and somehow she looked even smaller than before.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff


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