sink in
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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“I hate to speculate because boats, they can sink in a moment’s notice,” Smith said, noting that he had “all kinds of weird stuff” happen in his 35 years at sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Small said the significance did not sink in for a couple of days.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
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
Back in Iran, a sense of the inevitable had begun to sink in for many there.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
I sink in on myself, my stomach hurting.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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