Example sentences for: sunk

How can you use “sunk” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In February 1898 the U.S.S. Maine was sunk in Havana’s harbor, killing all 260 crew members.

  • Once that fact has sunk in, a cultural historian can assess the true magnitude of the problem that Unauthorized Freud only glancingly treats: how 20 th century secular intellectuals, not excepting journalists in therapy, could have been so thoroughly bamboozled.

  • Since the business case in DOD places very little premium on meeting cost and schedule targets, but a very high premium on performance, programs succeed at the point where sunk costs make it difficult-if not prohibitive-for decision makers to cancel them.

  • Soaks are shallow wells sunk near the base of an outcrop to tap an underground reservoir.

  • He thinks there is no place for a third party in American politics; when asked whether Ross Perot sunk his re-election campaign, he says, "Yeah, yeah.


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