Check
Check verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met
Sink
Sink verb - To refrain from openly showing or uttering.
Usage example: sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation
How words are described
| high | high check | high sink |
| full | full check | full sink |
| standard | standard check | standard sink |
| single | single check | single sink |
| Other adjectives: small, powerful, entire, real, massive, large, big, huge, incredible, basic, red. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Anyone who falls in must make a Wisdom check or sink below the surface and drown within five minutes.
Source: Quicksand Sucks - Check. Not just psionics, but explicit magic, since it takes place in the Fantasy Kitchen Sink DC Universe.
Source: Standard Sci-Fi Setting -
No Stat Atrophy Notice This: Sara quite clearly tells Jeannine to check a painting when they first enter the mansion, and, in her provided bedroom, mentions how odd the sink is, and asks her to look at it, too.
Source: Video Game / The Longing Ribbon
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Sink or Check. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/sink.
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