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Meanings of sunk in inglés

Doomed to extinction.

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Usage of sunk in inglés
1
The control group exhibited a typical sunk cost effect in our task.
Pubmed
2
Political turmoil had sunk consumers confidence to a 12-month low in April.
Reuters
3
She has sunk the case, in the water or in the quicksand.
The Moonstone
4
The reality of what had happened hadn't really sunk in until now.
The World According to Bob
5
More than a year later, and it still hasn't really sunk in.
The Guardian
6
One Dutch vessel was sunk; another taken; and night parted the combatants.
Holland: The History of the Netherlands
7
The new moon had sunk, leaving a pearly light on the water.
Between the Woods and the Water
8
The capital has sunk 10 metres over the course of the century.
The Irish Times
9
The pools in the tent dwindled and sunk into the saturated soil.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life
10
My head sunk on my breast; I received the blow in silence.
The Two Destinies
11
I would rather the whole d-- dcountrywas sunk in the sea.
Byron
12
Jane had sunk to the floor in the middle of the enclosure.
The Beasts of Tarzan
13
The village was sunk in the quiet of the great equatorial sun-heat.
The Son of Tarzan
14
Danish police believe the 40-tonne submarine was deliberately sunk by Mr Madsen.
Radio NZ
15
But all personal considerations were sunk in view of the end desired.
Love, Life & Work / Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Nat...
16
The animals were kind of sunk into each other as one species.
Wired
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