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The phrase "a sink of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a situation or place that is a source of something undesirable or overwhelming, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The project turned into a sink of wasted resources and time, leaving the team frustrated."
Alternatives: "a source of" or "a pit of".
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and diffuses from extracellular volume into a sink of fixed volume.
The canopy is a source of heat and a sink of CO2.
The sense of America as a sink of contamination extended to its society and its institutions.
A heat engine must have a source and a sink of heat.
Mr. Seo twirled the noodles around for a minute and a half, removed them to a sink of cold water to stop the cooking, and then to a sink of ice water to make them firm.
The film community might live in a sink of waywardness, but none of that got on to the screen.
The first time the phone rang, Victoria Ehigiator was elbow deep in a sink of soapy dishes.
All the essential elements are there: overweening ambition, a poisoning, a sink of corruption, treachery and blackmail.
It can act as a source or a sink of atmospheric carbon, thereby possibly influencing the course of climate change.
The intensive vegetated roof is also a sink of total nitrogen in contrast to the extensive roof.
She plays Topeka Abotelli, the Rosie the Riveter member -- she was found fixing a sink -- of the makeshift band of "vivacious ladies" who set up the revue.
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