sunk 1 of 2

as in done
facing certain defeat, disaster, or death all our savings went for lottery tickets, and now we're sunk

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verb

past participle of sink
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Recent Examples of sunk
Adjective
One of their best times was a day where their biggest haul was a bunch of sunk bushes near the shore, where all three of them managed to tangle their lines. Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022 An additional 20 fans, about the size of small trucks, destined for Russia are sitting on her factory floor — a sunk cost of €350,000. New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022
Verb
Remarkably, the entire ship's crew was rescued after the vessel sunk. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025 For third time in four games, the Panthers were sunk with a third-score deficit before halftime because one unit completely let the rest of the squad down. Mike Kaye september 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunk
Adjective
  • Owner Jason Boso fixed that, infusing $2 million into the 10-year-old bar on better bathrooms, a covered section of the patio and a re-done kitchen.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
Verb
  • However, as Ozzy's health deteriorated, the project shifted into a film instead.
    Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Stone, brick and window work has deteriorated.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • American distillers have gotten a costly cold shoulder from Canada, where their exports plunged 85% earlier this year — topping broad declines in key international markets amid global trade tensions, a spirits industry group said Monday.
    Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Aehr Test Systems — The stock plunged 20% after the semiconductor testing solutions firm reported a year-over-year drop in revenue and declined to issue guidance due to global trade tensions.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • William had moreover swallowed an early, heady dose of Anglophilia.
    Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Passing gas, also known as flatulence, is a natural part of digestion that happens when swallowed air or gases produced by gut bacteria move through your intestines and out of your body.
    Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Two employees from a Lowe’s in Richmond made the 90-minute drive early Monday to pick up Francine, who disappeared in September and recently was discovered at the company’s distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina.
    John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And, of course, while large-scale wars are gone, violence in other forms—criminal, state-sponsored, and political—has not disappeared.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But a House Fiscal Agency report shows that total artificially reduced by the way billions in federal funding is accounted for, by moving Medicaid money to contingency funds where they are not included in the budget total.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal spending on Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — another priority for Democrats — will be reduced by more than $1 trillion over the next decade as a result of provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They got humiliated in their two Division Series games in Toronto, got a reprieve in the form of Aaron Judge’s all-around brilliance in Game 3 and then got eliminated by the Blue Jays on Wednesday night, losing 5-2 in Game 4 while showing no sudden-death fight whatsoever.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • An Italian activist who was part of the Gaza aid flotilla and subsequently detained by Israel has described allegations of being mistreated and humiliated while in Israeli custody, with little access to legal assistance.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Focus has fallen on three of Liverpool’s big summer signings not firing yet.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Passengers who’d fallen ill on the Serenade of the Seas were isolated, disembarking separately upon arrival.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025

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