Sunk

Examples

• You see, it had been sunk there by the man as wore it, and I got it up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Robert Jordan sunk his elbows into the ground and looked along the barrel at the four riders stopped there in the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I'd ha' liked to plump down aboard of him, neck and crop, with a heavy jump, and sunk him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Now, as he reviewed his past, he saw into what a deep rut he had sunk. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He sunk into a chair, and moved but once all that night. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He must have dropped in his death-swoon--he must have sunk in the place where he was found--just as I got on the roof to break the skylight window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He proved this to himself by all the weary arguments on that side he had read, and every one of them sunk him deeper in the infatuation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Many great cities and plains and deserts have been provided with these wells owing to the ease with which they can now be sunk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She had sunk into one of the golden thrones, and as I turned to her she greeted me with a wan smile. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• We had sunk our voices, almost to a whisper, and continued to speak in that tone. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Meyler's spirits sunk into despondency: he actually shed tears, which, with him, was a very unusual event. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At length he said: 'Doyce, it came to this at last--that the business was to be sunk with Heaven knows how many more wrecks, or begun all over again? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• From my infancy I was imbued with high hopes and a lofty ambition; but how am I sunk! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• On the 13th I sent orders to have these sunk as high up the river as we could guard them, and prevent their removal by the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They are generally sunk in valley plains and districts where the formation of the ground is such that that below the surface is bent into basin-shaped curves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were in the end all sunk, and, with the exception of two or three prisoners, the crews drowned. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Right through his broad breast a steel harpoon had been driven, and it had sunk deep into the wood of the wall behind him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• How do you know it was sunk by the man who wore it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• For days on end, when the mood was on him, he has been sunk in the deepest gloom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Too soft--one might have sunk in too deep. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But as soon as he comes into a great city, he is sunk in obscurity and darkness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We were as sunk when they attacked Sordo as Sordo was sunk when the snow stopped. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• It was the blackness the bright fire leaves when its blaze is sunk, its warmth failed, and its glow faded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She appeared to have gone to change her dress, and to have sunk down overpowered. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This being done, Mrs. Sowerberry sunk into a chair, and burst into tears. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It has since that time, in different countries, sunk to six, five, four, and three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Like a priestess she looked, unconscious, sunk in a heavy half-trance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He is beset by sharpers: John is sunk and degraded--his look is frightful--I feel ashamed for him when I see him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I cannot misunderstand you, but I entreat you, dear Lizzy, not to pain me by thinking _that person_ to blame, and saying your opinion of him is sunk. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

Editor: Vince