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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

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

"It's always been what-if, and now the what-if has come true. It still hasn't sunk in that I'll be there on 17 May playing."

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Historically, children’s movies have been no stranger to death—Bambi’s mother got shot by a hunter in the eponymous 1942 Disney classic, and the horse Artax sunk in 1984’s “The NeverEnding Story.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Charles, who only the moment before had been sunk in gloom, glanced up and fixed her with a smile of great warmth and sweetness.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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