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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sunk by" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to be defeated or brought down by something or someone. Example: The team was sunk by their opponents' strong defense in the final minutes of the game.
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The Dow sunk by 635 points.
Some are sunk by their lack of ambition.
Spain was sunk by the collapse of real estate.
The stockmarket has sunk by more than 50%.
But his popularity has sunk by seven points, to 37%.
Will the NHS be improved – or sunk by Lansley's reforms?
They were strafed and nearly sunk by a Japanese plane.
Ie, the ship sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.
Has a bullion fleet been sunk by the English?
It was sunk by a loss of £8 billion, or 0.3% of its assets.
She sailed on the Penland until it was sunk by enemy bombs.
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