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The phrase "allowed to sink" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something is permitted to descend or fail, often metaphorically.
Example: "After several failed attempts, the project was finally allowed to sink without further investment."
Alternatives: "permitted to fail" or "given the freedom to decline".
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Yet indigent defense offices across the nation have been allowed to sink into crisis.
Yet screenwriting isn't actually writing -- that needs to be said and allowed to sink in.
They also may live longer, healthier lives because their immune systems are not allowed to sink before being revived.
Most of his films remain easily accessible through home video, whereas the work of many of his contemporaries has been allowed to sink into commercial obscurity.
We cannot live in a society where the banks are 'too big to fail,' but whole neighborhoods are allowed to sink without a trace.
When demand peaks, the piston is allowed to sink back down the main shaft, forcing water through a generator to create electricity.
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In a cruel joke, he is undone by student charges of racism, which he allows to sink his career rather than revealing his secret.
Once the blade is under the water, avoid allowing to sink any farther.
After a second change of 100% (v/v) resin, the cells were embedded in fresh resin in gelatin capsules and allowed to gently sink to the bottom to form a loose pellet.
After a second change of 100% (w/v) resin, cells were embedded in fresh resin in gelatin capsules and allowed to gently sink to the bottom to form a loose pellet.
At last, we are allowed to sit, and we sink into a velvet, purplish sofa.
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