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                    as in deteriorates
                                                
              
          
                                                      to become worse or of less value                                       
              
                             his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in plunges
                                                
              
          
                                                      to go to a lower level especially abruptly                                       
              
                             I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in stifles
                                                
              
          
                                                      to refrain from openly showing or uttering                                       
              
                             sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in disappears
                                                
              
          
                                                      to cease to be visible                                       
              
                             that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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                    as in reduces
                                                
              
          
                                                      to diminish the price or value of                                       
              
                             the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in humiliates
                                                
              
          
                                                      to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes                                       
              
                             the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in falls
                                                
              
          
                                                      to lead or extend downward                                       
              
                             the road sinks abruptly after that curve                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in fades
                                                
              
          
                                                      to lose bodily strength or vigor                                       
              
                             the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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as in dumps
                                      
              
          
                                                      a place of great vice and corruption                                       
              
                             was able to rise above the sink that was his birthplace                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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