What's the difference between sunk and sunken?

Sunk


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Sink
  • (p. p.) of Sink
  • () imp. & p. p. of Sink.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When we trained on it, my heart sunk,” Coleman said after his side began their Euro 2016 campaign with a nervous victory.
  • (2) 5 reconstructions of the posterior bony canal wall were moderately sunk in.
  • (3) In the sixth frame of the evening he sunk a magnificent long red and careered on his way to a 131 clearance to extend his lead in the match to 9-5.
  • (4) "While the country is sunk in misery, families are ruined and children are growing up in poverty, this guy turns up and we pay €91m for him.
  • (5) A later investigation suggests the boat was sunk by a torpedo launched from a North Korean submarine.
  • (6) On the left, meanwhile, we feel our way towards a progressive alliance much more timidly, even when we know we’re sunk without it.
  • (7) There's little question that the objections to its pro-torture depictions and CIA propaganda were what sunk the film.
  • (8) In fact Miliband was more Blairite than Blair in opposing Cameron’s referendum wheeze, since Blair had conceded the principle over the EU’s aborted constitution, sunk by French and Dutch voters in 2005 who gave him a get-out card.
  • (9) He failed to recover from a disappointing opening eight holes and on the par-five 9th Woods slightly overshot the green with his second shot, sending his chip from the first cut well left of the pin.He sunk the remaining putt to card his first birdie of the day but then pulled his tee shot at the 10th well left and played the back nine one over par, starting with two bogeys before clawing back to finish tied for sixth place.
  • (10) Chinese investors have sunk about $38bn (£29bn) into everything from prime London real estate to banks and football clubs since 2005, according to figures from the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation.
  • (11) The teams were tied, 43 each at the half, and there was virtually nothing to separate them at the three-quarter mark, either: San Antonio entered the final 12 minutes protecting a one-point advantage despite a purple patch from James, who sunk two three-pointers in a minute.
  • (12) Suárez was a target for photographers after he sunk his teeth into the Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in April, an act that resulted in a 10-match ban from the Football Association and, he has now confirmed, prompted him to reconsider his future in English football.
  • (13) It would be foolish for Facebook, which only started in 2004, to try to go up against that sunk cost.
  • (14) The night before the vessel, al-Awda ("The Return") was due to sail, it was blown up and sunk in Limassol harbour, Cyprus — with no loss of life or political embarrassment.
  • (15) In supermarkets, profitability has sunk from [margins of] 5% to 2% in five years and now we face significant new cost pressure.
  • (16) In antimicrobial test, each sample (one fourth inch in diameter) sunk in the broth that had been innoculated with periodontopathic bacteria showed growth inhibitory activity after 48 hr anaerobic incubation.
  • (17) It was a tough kick, we weighed up the options, we wanted to go for the win, the two driving mauls before we made some good ground and we thought if we got in a good position we could go for a win.” Wales are bobbing in pool of death while England are not sunk just yet | Eddie Butler Read more So it goes.
  • (18) Submarine danger: I don't think there will be much of that, they are concentrating on the invasion scheme, and besides, no passenger ship has been sunk for ages.
  • (19) Two tibial components have sunk and have been revised at The London Hospital.
  • (20) "It hasn't quite sunk in yet," Lewis said afterwards.

Sunken


Definition:

  • () of Sink
  • (a.) Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
  • (2) Volume enhancement was effective in most cases, there being a significant reduction in the degree of recession of the prosthesis and the depth of the unsightly sunken sulci of the upper and lower lids.
  • (3) The bodies, representing four separate cases of homicide, were sunken for a period of three weeks to ten months.
  • (4) He described how the joints of her elbows were particularly prominent and her face was sunken.
  • (5) Washington looked a sunken outfit in late May, a shadow of the team that roared to the playoffs in 2012, much closer to the ballclub that stumbled a season later.
  • (6) That is the stark situation described by marine archaeologist Sean Kingsley, who says fishing boats that use heavyweight bottom-trawling and shellfish-dredging equipment are annihilating precious artefacts and sunken ships.
  • (7) Afraid, dehydrated with sunken eyes, barely alive and pathetically vulnerable.
  • (8) Once there, they dispersed among the thorny trees looking for patches of sunken ground which suggested something lay buried beneath.
  • (9) Backed by a breezy 2km-long promenade, the calm water is perfect for swimming, while sunken galleons are a huge draw for scuba divers.
  • (10) As did last month’s story about the sunken slave ship headed for the Smithsonian.
  • (11) L. monocytogenes colonies were approximately 2 mm grey-green with a black sunken centre and a black halo on a cherry-red background.
  • (12) Lack of appetite, reduced water consumption, diarrhoea, dehydration, sunken eyes and a steadily deteriorating condition were important clinical signs of Jatropha intoxication goats.
  • (13) The temple originally had a sunken nave flanked by seven symbolic pairs of pillars leading to the altar, a ritual well and raised seating on either side.
  • (14) "Mountain bikes whizzing in and out of trees, jumping ramps above horses' heads, around an established sunken horse track, is an accident waiting to happen."
  • (15) The characteristic clinical findings include double vision, a sunken globe, and numbness in the distribution of the infraorbital nerve.
  • (16) Left cleft lip and palate were present with sunken left nasal flare.
  • (17) During the 1970s and 1980s, China and Vietnam used force several times, resulting in dozens of deaths and several sunken ships.
  • (18) Meanwhile, further south, Peru's Pacific north coast spawned an early tradition of great U-shaped ceremonial settlements with monumental architecture and sunken plazas that preceded the introduction of pottery.
  • (19) Volunteer groups accustomed to providing food, clothing and medical assistance to a few hundred people at a time struggled with the large number of people staying in the station’s sunken plaza.
  • (20) This report describes two female patients, 69 and 79 years old, with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) developing from erythema ab igne (EAI) due to thermal irradiation from a sunken hearth (irori in Japanese) or an underfloor brazier covered with a quilt (kotatsu in Japanese).