Word Finder - sank

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(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.

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(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.

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To conceal and appropriate.

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To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

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To pay absolutely.

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I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.

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To reduce or extinguish by payment.

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to sink the national debt

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To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

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To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

She sank to the floor.

Lana sank onto the bed and cried again.

She sank into the recliner and kicked it back.

She woke when the bed sank with the weight of a person sitting down.

She sank to the bed weakly and covered her face with her hands.

Bianca sank onto the couch, staring in disbelief.

Deidre sighed and sank back into his arms.

The soul sank into the ground.

I sank to my knees at the sight of the unmoving figure of Julie O'Malley.

She sank to the bed.

Deidre sank against him, and he wrapped his arms around her trembling body.

He sank into the shadows, at home in the darkness, watching.

The healer sank next to her on the bed, large eyes darting around the room as if he expected the furniture to grow fangs and chase him.

Alex looked stunned as the knife sank into his midsection.

After they left, Carmen sank into the chair and picked up a horse magazine.

His fangs sank into her neck.

The heat of his body sank through her clothes, and the idea of his hot skin pressed to hers made her lower belly burn.

He took two aspirins and sank down in his easy chair.

And hiding her face in her hands, Princess Mary sank into the arms of the doctor, who held her up.

He sat down at the dusty writing table, and, having laid the manuscripts before him, opened them out, closed them, finally pushed them away, and resting his head on his hand sank into meditation.

And after stumbling a few staggering steps right up to the saber, he sank on the snow beside it.

She relaxed and sank into the soft leather seats of the Town Car, telling herself she was being granted a chance to be normal.

When the call went straight to voicemail, his heart sank.

If it sank up there, it'd most likely float up to the surface after a few days or a week and then drift back down this way with the tide.

Dean remained in his cramped position, his injured leg going numb, as daylight sank into evening.

It took a moment before his words sank in.

She sank into a chair at the table.

She sank to his chest, consumed by agonizing sobs.

She sank into the softness of her leather chair.

Jessi sank into his hard body, beyond relieved at the feel of his smooth skin.

The side horses, pressing against the shafts of the middle horse, sank in the snow, which was dry and glittered like sugar, and threw it up.

As soon as he sank into his place on the sofa after two bottles of Margaux he was surrounded, and talking, disputing, and joking began.

He sat down, sank into thought, closed his eyes, and dozed off.

That is the question on which I want your opinion, and he sank back in his chair.

And without linking up the events of the day or drawing a conclusion from them, Pierre closed his eyes, seeing a vision of the country in summertime mingled with memories of bathing and of the liquid, vibrating globe, and he sank into water so that it closed over his head.

He snatched her and sank his fangs into her neck.

The cold, still air sank into her clothing and skin.

Taran sank into a squat beside her, studying her as she spoke.

At the frown on his face, Taran's stomach sank further.

Carmen sank into the chair opposite him.

There she sank to a bench and released her emotions.

Carmen sank to her chair feeling lightheaded with relief.

Megan stepped forward and the heel of her sandal sank into a seam in the walkway.

He arrived in the kitchen with his shirt on and smiled as he sank to the bench in front of the plate she had filled for him.

She jerked as his fangs sank into her neck.

She sank into it, unaware a bed was able to provide that level of comfort.

After a brief struggle with the task of directing the administration of the most extensive and the worst organized monarchy in Europe, he sank back into his pleasures and was governed by other favourites.

Under the later empire agriculture sank into a condition of neglect, in which it remained throughout the Dark Ages.

He ultimately sank into a condition of mental stupor, and became the obedient slave of the upstart Struensee (q.v.).

Though the association brought about an extension and improvement of the Indian crop, in which result it was enormously assisted by the high prices consequent upon the American Civil War, it sank after a few years into obscurity, and soon passed out of existence altogether, while the effects of its work dwindled finally into insignificance.