Example Sentences

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By then, maybe Malone’s message will have sunk in.

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2023

For many, the message that it's essential to get a test if you have symptoms will have sunk in.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2020

"Almost every Glaswegian will have sunk a pint there in there. Many comedians will have gigged there. It's an institution. "Like many people I just wanted to do something to help.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2013

He predicts a great manufacturing prosperity to the country when Manchester and Birmingham will have sunk into ruins.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

At this rate, in six million years the water will have sunk a mile, and in fifteen million the water will have disappeared from the face of the globe.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various