In a storm, the ship could be driven on to land and severely damaged or sunk.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

Weep no more, woeful Shepherds weep no more For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor, So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head.

诗歌大意：，悲伤的牧羊人们不要再哭泣,利西亚斯并没有死去，虽然他被海水吞没，启明星也会沉入海底，不久便会修复他疲惫的头颅。

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Most of his ships were sunk. Four hundred of his men were dead or wounded.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

It was finally sunk in a battle with the Kearsarge off the coast of France.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

And the iron monster was sunk to keep it from falling into Union hands.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

The fourth man was the captain of the ship that had sunk.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The president made the announcements as a new opinion poll shows public confidence in him has sunk to a new low.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13