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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sankthe preterite of sink.

    As if the opening of her mouth to Zelmane had opened some great floodgate of sorrow, whereof her heart could not abide the violent issue, she sank to the ground. Philip Sidney.

    Our men followed them close, took two ships, and gave divers others of their ships their death’s wounds, whereof soon after they sank and perished. Francis Bacon, War with Spain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sank

    imp. of Sink

  2. Sank

    of Sink

Wikidata

  1. Sank

    Sank is an unincorporated community in the south-central part of Liberty Township in Bollinger County, Missouri. Sank’s name was given by Jasper Cooper owned a store there and had applied for a post office in 1915. In choosing the post office’s and community’s name, he decided on the name Sank because it was the nickname of a friend and prominent man in the community, "Sank" Fowler. The post office was in operation between 1912-1920, and 1925-1954.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sank

    sangk, pa.t. of sink.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SANK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sank is ranked #73464 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sank surname appeared 264 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sank.

    80.3% or 212 total occurrences were White.
    14% or 37 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sank in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sank in a Sentence

  1. Ben Fogle:

    It was pretty terrifying. My heart just sank, because I couldn't really see a way out.

  2. Charles Hanson:

    As the Titanic sank, it was claimed Lucy Duff-Gordon said to her secretary, ‘There is your beautiful nightdress gone’, a fireman, allegedly annoyed by her comment, replied that while the couple could replace their property, he and the other crew members had lost everything. Sir Cosmo then offered each of the men 5 (equivalent to 454 [$579]) to aid them.

  3. The Coast Guard:

    The Coast Guard is searching for the master of a 32-foot fishing vessel that sank Saturday morning approximately 35 miles offshore Florence, missing is Mike Morgan, 68.

  4. Jewel Mia:

    We don't have a clear picture about how many were exactly on the ferry when it sank, but I think many have survived.

  5. Mark Milburn:

    When we find cannons, we’re quite excited because, if we’re allowed to excavate around them, there will be ‘concretions’ of items near the cannon from when the ship sank.

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