sank

[ sangk ]

verb

1. a simple past tense of sink.

sank

/ sæŋk /

verb

1. the past tense of sink

Example Sentences

Stocks for companies in industries that Trump has repeatedly attacked—renewable energy, vaccines—understandably sank.

From Slate

"My heart just sank when I realised they were missing," she said.

From BBC

Yang has been known to portray the iceberg that sank the Titanic or the adorable Thai pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng.

From Salon

It appears that she found work as a nanny with a wealthy family in a big house in the suburbs of New York but lost the job as the US sank into depression after the Wall Street Crash.

From BBC

Shares of Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, a big Trump supporter, were up more than 25% in early morning trading, even as other green energy stocks sank under the weight of Trump’s well-known bashing of climate change policies.

From Los Angeles Times

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