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Meanings of sunk in English
Synonyms
Examples for "ruined"
Examples for "ruined"
1
Any new political crises could delay efforts to rebuild Zimbabwe's ruined economy.
2
These new days of growing peace ruined that, required more careful hunting.
3
Israel paused a moment, and looked into one of the ruined houses.
4
Sucking at his pipe; the Sergeant glowered moodily down the ruined street.
5
Someone ruined a very good point with a badly made final stroke.
1
Otherwise we risk all the good work to protect people being undone.
2
Words spoken in anger have strong power and they cannot be undone.
3
We may have to wait for another crisis to see it undone.
4
Jeryl knew, however, that there was still much damage to be undone.
5
It wasn't the first time he's finished what others have left undone.
1
Good night, Doctor, and thank you for all you've done for me.
2
Methods: A prospective screening of iSTBI patients was done for two years.
3
She couldn't imagine living as Sarah had done for the past year.
4
This view is borne out by research done for the music business.
5
Materials and methods: This online survey has been done for 10 days.
1
Others thought that they were a washed-up remnant of the great flood.
2
Not far away, several water birds were seen scavenging among washed-up dead fish.
3
We just learnt this morning that a washed-up body was discovered in Centurion.
4
Dental records confirmed that the washed-up corpse was indeed Michael Fromley.
5
Many have found themselves unfairly washed-up before 30 has begun to properly loom.
Usage of sunk in English
1
The control group exhibited a typical sunk cost effect in our task.
2
Political turmoil had sunk consumers confidence to a 12-month low in April.
3
She has sunk the case, in the water or in the quicksand.
4
The reality of what had happened hadn't really sunk in until now.
5
More than a year later, and it still hasn't really sunk in.
6
One Dutch vessel was sunk; another taken; and night parted the combatants.
7
The new moon had sunk, leaving a pearly light on the water.
8
The capital has sunk 10 metres over the course of the century.
9
The pools in the tent dwindled and sunk into the saturated soil.
10
My head sunk on my breast; I received the blow in silence.
11
I would rather the whole d-- dcountrywas sunk in the sea.
12
Jane had sunk to the floor in the middle of the enclosure.
13
The village was sunk in the quiet of the great equatorial sun-heat.
14
Danish police believe the 40-tonne submarine was deliberately sunk by Mr Madsen.
15
But all personal considerations were sunk in view of the end desired.
16
The animals were kind of sunk into each other as one species.
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Sunk across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
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