Examples of sunk in a Sentence
Adjective
all our savings went for lottery tickets, and now we're sunk
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Prathamesh Bhingarde,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Then there’s the sunk cost of picks already spent trying to find The Guy — picks that weren’t used for help up front for Bedard.
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Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
This mindset, however, can also foster a sunk cost fallacy.
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Kumar Rakesh Ranjan,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
Stress and resentment often builds within relationships driven by sunk cost thinking, which increases within the relationship.
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Gabrielle Kassel,
SELF,
29 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
In my experience, mid-market companies operate with leaner teams and cannot absorb the sunk costs of a multi-month implementation with room for scope creep, reworks and failures.
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Prathamesh Bhingarde,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Then there’s the sunk cost of picks already spent trying to find The Guy — picks that weren’t used for help up front for Bedard.
—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
This mindset, however, can also foster a sunk cost fallacy.
—
Kumar Rakesh Ranjan,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
Stress and resentment often builds within relationships driven by sunk cost thinking, which increases within the relationship.
—
Gabrielle Kassel,
SELF,
29 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sunk
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“Sunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunk. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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