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sank [sæŋk] VB

sank pt of:

See also sink

I . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] N

II . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB intr

1. sink (in water):

2. sink price, level:

III . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB trans

1. sink (cause to submerge):

2. sink MIN:

I . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] N

II . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB intr

1. sink (in water):

2. sink price, level:

III . sink <sank, sunk> [sɪŋk] VB trans

1. sink (cause to submerge):

2. sink MIN:

sink in VB intr (be understood)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Unfortunately, the night before, a wind came up and the ship sank on its own.
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Oceanic erosion cyclically wore down the new land as it formed, and the island sank below the surface several times.
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Seven days later, she sank another important target, a merchant tanker, and the same day damaged another tanker later sunk by one of her sisters.
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The submarine sank 31 ships in 10 patrols.
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Despite the poor conditions of the police and the faulty hierarchic and bureaucratic system in the police force, he sank with his ship.
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Melancholic and distressed by slander against her, she sank into a final languor before dying.
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A heavy sea swamped her and she sank immediately.
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Two aircraft which sank when the ice thawed were raised in 2004.
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The vehicle sank into soft sand, and it took him until the next day to extricate himself as the rear wheels only were driving.
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He reported that the ship sank quickly in the early hours of the morning after capsizing to the left.
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