'sink' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'sink' with 20 example sentences.
- sink noun
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: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- sink verb
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: fall or descend to a lower place or level
: cause to sink
: pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
: go under
: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
: appear to move downward
: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
: fall or sink heavily
: embed deeply
Most kitchen sinks are made of stainless steel.
The captain was the last person to leave the sinking ship.
I washed a sink full of dishes three times today.
In water, wood will float and stone will sink.
Water is running from the faucet into the sink.
The sun has just sunk below the horizon.
The boat sank to the bottom of the lake.
After her death, he sunk into depression.
They're just like rats leaving a sinking ship.
You can wash your underwear in the sink.
The breakfast dishes were still in the sink.
Above the sink are several whisky bottles.
I escaped from the sinking boat with difficulty.
The rebels tried in vain to sink the submarine.
I saw the sponge in the sink.
The skyscraper is expected to sink into the bog.
The price of crude oil is sinking.
The police found a blonde hair in the sink.
He sank the knife into her back.
My heart sank into my boots.