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sunken in

sunken in is the past participle of sink in.

Meaning of sink in

Verb

sink in (third-person singular simple present sinks in, present participle sinking in, simple past sank in, past participle sunk in or sunken in)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become completely known, felt, or understood.
    • He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.

Questions about sunken in

What is sunken in the past participle of?
Sunken in is the past participle of sink in.

Words near sunken in in the dictionary

  1. Sunkara
  2. Sunkaras
  3. sunken
  4. sunken featured building
  5. sunken featured buildings
  6. sunken in
  7. sunken lane
  8. sunken lanes
  9. sunken-eyed
  10. sunkenly
  11. sunkenness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sunken in (page history and authors); sink in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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