Ran and Sank

Ran

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Sank and ran are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sank" instead a verb "Ran".

Sank

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Ran and sank are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ran" instead a verb "Sank".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Captain Crash On his first voyage, the Santa Maria ran aground and sank off Hispaniola.
    Source: Captain Crash
  • Literature / Mutiny on the Bounty Among other things, he routinely abused and locked the mutineers in a cage on the Pandora's deck, and only opened the cage when the Pandora ran aground and sank, and even then, two were still manacled and went down with the ship.
  • Going Down with the Ship When the ship ran into a dangerous reef, the Captain ordered that women and children would go in the lifeboats first and, realizing that adding any extra weight to the boats would swamp and sink them, it was then ordered that all the men were to stand at attention as the ship sank.
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