sink in
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Let that ratio sink in: For every dollar Apple spent imagining the future, it spent nearly four dollars buying back its own past.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Mandy said her ordeal did not really sink in for a few days.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Back in Iran, a sense of the inevitable had begun to sink in for many there.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
A few days later the magnitude of the assignment began to sink in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
May looked up, and the realization of what was going on all around her finally seemed to sink in.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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