Synonyms for sink in
sink in

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1. click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into placeverb

   become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

   "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"

   Synonyms:
   pass over, put over, get over, flick, wrap up, come through, percolate, contact, pervade, cut across, infiltrate, bottom, snap, finish up, tick, reach, interpenetrate, permeate, get hold of, finish off, polish off, penetrate, cut through, mop up, fall into place, cluck, filter, come home, while away, perforate, traverse, dawn, click, diffuse, clear up, cover, cross, riddle, get across, fathom, chatter, imbue, get through, track, clack

2. percolate, sink in, permeate, filterverb

   pass through

   "Water permeates sand easily"

   Synonyms:
   click, separate out, penetrate, perk up, dawn, leach, dribble, permeate, get through, diffuse, strain, gain vigor, come home, filter, perk, imbue, percolate, filtrate, pervade, riddle, pick up, get across, fall into place, filter out, interpenetrate, trickle

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1. Ryan Gatti:

   We’re at the point now where kids are being asked to spray paint over signs with the name of Christ, just let that sink in.

2. Rex Hickman:

   There’s a numbness that hits you first. You know, kind of like you go into crisis mode. You think about what you can do, what you can’t do, the real pain is going to sink in over time.

3. Jay Stanley:

   For police officers, it can take a while to sink in [that they may be filmed]. As police officers do take in that new reality, we may see a revolution in terms of a drastic reduction in brutality. We may not, but it's too early to tell.

4. White House spokesman Eric Schultz:

   This is not the first time that Republicans have come out with a lot of bluster, only to have reality ultimately sink in.

5. Bob Baffert:

   Thirty-seven years we've waited for this, what a feeling. It's probably going to take a few days to sink in.