How to Use sunk in a Sentence

sunk

adjective

• In lieu of deep-sunk roots, Stephane Lauvergne gave his son a dream.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2018
• With four losses in four games the Broncos haven’t started so slow or sunk so low since 1999.
  — The Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• Abate said that Public Squares won't be profiting from the record; there will be some sunk costs.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Jones the businessman comprehends the concept of a sunk cost.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Amazon has too many sunk costs here and Seattle offers too many advantages.
  — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• And even though the money is a sunk cost, the Rangers do not have a history of releasing players with multiple years left remaining on long-term contracts.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
• With his contract essentially a sunk cost and the team’s top pitching prospects on the cusp of debuting at some point this season, Zimmermann will have to stay healthy and pitch effectively to stick in the rotation.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2020
• Since it’s already something of a sunk cost, oil-producing states’ request could present an opportunity for the federal government for a jobs program that will pass muster in red states.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 12 May 2020
• Others argue that the technology is relatively new and expensive, and that investing in new plants today will mean sunk costs that might look wasteful in the near future.
  — Lauren Williams, Orange County Register, 23 Jan. 2017
• Also, Wembley is not set up for American football, and Khan could renovate (putting in a sunk turf field underneath the soccer pitch, adding new locker rooms) to rectify that.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Others argue the technology is relatively new and expensive, and that investing in new plants today will mean sunk costs that might look wasteful in the near future.
  — Lauren Williams, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2017
• The federal government essentially operates on a cash accounting system and these were a sunk cost.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2019
• The time one spends making a decision, whether or not to leave that relationship or grocery line, is not considered part of the sunk cost; only time invested after the decision is made is taken into account.
  — Maya Miller, Scientific American, 12 July 2018
• Both people are highly likely to obsess over their sunk cost — law school tuition and time served for the lawyer, the original investment amount for the stock picker — in a nonconscious desire to justify their earlier decisions.
  — Gary Belsky, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2016
• Sweis and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota were specifically interested in how sunk cost impacts decision-making—not just in humans, but in rats and mice, too.
  — Maya Miller, Scientific American, 12 July 2018
• That’s a sunk cost, an expense that firms wouldn’t have undertaken if Brexit hadn’t forced them to shell out on new offices and alternative legal and regulatory arrangements.
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024