sunk
a simple past tense and past participle of sink.
Informal. beyond help; done for; washed up: If they catch you cheating, you're really sunk.
Nautical. (of a forecastle or poop) raised less than a full deck above the weather deck of a ship.
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Origin of sunk
1Other words from sunk
- half-sunk, adjective
- un·sunk, adjective
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How to use sunk in a sentence
And my beloved Zimbabwe has sunk from a promising beacon into an abyss of greed and dictatorship.
How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It) | Todd Moss | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCargo holds are still stocked with munition, though the weaponry sunk with the ships is still considered dangerous.
The Kentucky freshman sunk his third game-winning three-pointer in a row, launching fresh claims about his ‘clutch gene.’
Was Aaron Harrison’s Game-Winning Three-Pointer ‘Clutch’? | Robert Silverman | April 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSoros and his fellow Democratic heavyweights sunk millions into ACT, funding anti-Bush advertising and turnout efforts.
But how many of us, thus sunk in despair, have not been vaulted back to equilibrium by another look at Groundhog Day?
Harold Ramis’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Is About as Perfect as a Movie Gets | Malcolm Jones | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was contemporary with Milton, and preferred before him by critics of the day, but has now sunk into oblivion.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAlessandro walked at the horses' heads, his face sunk on his breast, his eyes fixed on the ground.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonHis search has always hitherto been fruitless, and he has sunk back, disheartened, into the sea.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinJamestown was for a long time the capital of the state, but has sunk into ruin, and is almost desolate.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellWith a low moan her head sunk upon the old man's knee, and she shook and trembled with violent emotion.
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
British Dictionary definitions for sunk
/ (sʌŋk) /
a past participle of sink
informal with all hopes dashed; ruined: if the police come while we're opening the safe, we'll be sunk
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