sunk

• “Even before his marriage, Lionel was made Earl of Ulster, a title sunk after 1362 in the novel dignity of the duchy of Clarence.”

  The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)

• “Palin sunk John McCain's ship and she will do the same for the GOP.”

  In Eugene, Palin says she eats granola too

• “Knightley proceeds to enumerate Miss Bates's misfortunes: She is poor; she has sunk from the comforts she was born to; and, if she live to old age, must probably sink more.”

  Leaving Box Hill: Emma and Theatricality

• “She is poor; she has sunk from the comforts she was born to; and, if she live to old age, must probably sink more.”

  Volume III, Chapter VII of _Emma_ by Jane Austen

• “She has sunk from the comforts she was born to; and, if she live to old age, must probably sink more.”

  Boxing Emma; or the Reader’s Dilemma at the Box Hill Games

• “Yet the little man was plainly unhappy, and fell to pacing to and fro, his chin sunk low on his breast, and his hands clasped behind his back.”

  The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century

• “Lovelace sat down on a chair, straddle-wise, his arms over the back, and his chin sunk in his hands.”

  The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century

• “To any one who sees me from without, I am only a dirt-eating worm, a grub in the ground, but I know that above this dark earth-place in which I am sunk is the green grass – and beyond the green grass, the sun and sky.”

  Hungry Hearts

• “The satisfied torpor in which they are sunk is the deadly inertia that precedes dissolution.”

  Those on the Edge

• “The walls and ceiling are all oak, panelled in sunk squares ornamented with bosses and richly carved.”

  Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys

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