What's the difference between sunk and well?

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.

Well


Definition:

  • (v. i.) An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain.
  • (v. i.) A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in.
  • (v. i.) A shaft made in the earth to obtain oil or brine.
  • (v. i.) Fig.: A source of supply; fountain; wellspring.
  • (v. i.) An inclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate their inspection.
  • (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market.
  • (v. i.) A vertical passage in the stern into which an auxiliary screw propeller may be drawn up out of water.
  • (v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.
  • (v. i.) A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which run branches or galleries.
  • (v. i.) An opening through the floors of a building, as for a staircase or an elevator; a wellhole.
  • (v. i.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls.
  • (v. i.) To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
  • (v. t.) To pour forth, as from a well.
  • (v. t.) In a good or proper manner; justly; rightly; not ill or wickedly.
  • (v. t.) Suitably to one's condition, to the occasion, or to a proposed end or use; suitably; abundantly; fully; adequately; thoroughly.
  • (v. t.) Fully or about; -- used with numbers.
  • (v. t.) In such manner as is desirable; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favorably; advantageously; conveniently.
  • (v. t.) Considerably; not a little; far.
  • (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered.
  • (a.) Being in health; sound in body; not ailing, diseased, or sick; healthy; as, a well man; the patient is perfectly well.
  • (a.) Being in favor; favored; fortunate.
  • (a.) Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Furthermore, it had early diagnostic (seven days) as well as prognostic value, as revealed by response to therapy and decrease in COA titer.
  • (2) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
  • (3) This paper discusses the typical echocardiographic patterns of a variety of important conditions concerning the mitral valve, the left ventricle, the interatrial and interventricular septum as well as the influence of respiration on the performance of echocardiograms.
  • (4) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
  • (5) This bone could not be degraded by human monocytes in vitro as well as control bone (only 54% of control; P less than 0.003).
  • (6) It is concluded that amlodipine reduces myocardial ischemic injury by mechanism(s) that may involve a reduction in myocardial oxygen demand as well as by positively influencing transmembrane Ca2+ fluxes during ischemia and reperfusion.
  • (7) Chapter one Announcement of the Islamic Caliphate The announcement of the renewal of the caliphate in Iraq in the year 1427AH [2006] was the arbiter between division and separation as well as the glory of the Muslims.
  • (8) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
  • (9) In some cervical nodes, a few follicles, lymphocyte clusters, and a well-developed plasmocyte population were also present.
  • (10) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
  • (11) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
  • (12) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
  • (13) The role of whole Mycobacteria, mycobacterial cell walls and waxes D as immunostimulants was well established many years ago.
  • (14) We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats.
  • (15) His son, Karim Makarius, opened the gallery to display some of the legacy bequeathed to him by his father in 2009, as well as the work of other Argentine photographers and artists – currently images by contemporary photographer Facundo de Zuviria are also on show.
  • (16) This treatment is usually well tolerated but not devoid of systemic effects.
  • (17) To examine the central nervous system regulation of duodenal bicarbonate secretion, an animal model was developed that allowed cerebroventricular and intravenous injections as well as collection of duodenal perfusates in awake, freely moving rats.
  • (18) At the time, with a regular supply of British immigrants arriving in large numbers in Australia, Biggs was able to blend in well as "Terry Cook", a carpenter, so well in fact that his wife, Charmian, was able to join him with his three sons.
  • (19) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
  • (20) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.