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The phrase "he has sunk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has fallen to a lower state or condition, often metaphorically.
Example: "After the scandal, he has sunk to a level of public disgrace that he never thought possible."
Alternatives: "he has fallen" or "he has declined."
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Just let that sink in to understand how low he has sunk.
As the style guide says: "Past tense sank, past participle sunk: he sinks, he sank, he has sunk".
Sliding forward on the shiny beige sofa into which he has sunk, he insists that things are moving "as I want.
That could be an advantage for Mr. Gingrich, who has been ahead of Mr. Romney in polls conducted nationally even as he has sunk in the Florida polls.
That he has sunk to the level of "Pump" a full month before Labor Day really doesn't leave him — or the race — far to go.
Since 1992, he has sunk about $20 million into the 22-acre Grounds for Sculpture, a bucolic setting designed to make art more accessible to the public.
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It was all a far cry from the depths to which he had sunk after signing with the Giants.
Mr. Holtzman, the son of a wealthy self-made Baltimore businessman, said he had sunk $4 million to $6 million into Nest.
Bob Dearnley took his own life after being told that he was facing imminent eviction from the rare breeds centre into which he had sunk his life savings.
He had sunk the better part of three years into building Silicon Graphics' interactive television, and it had been a commercial disaster.
His widow, the Russian-born Margarita, has retained ownership of the club in which he had sunk €200 million of the cash he made by turning around businesses like Adidas and Saatchi & Saatchi.
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