Maybe all the things he'd said over the years had finally sunk in.

I'd really thought the idea of law and order had finally sunk into the human race.

It would seem that some of the words finally sank in.

She was finally sunk as a target the following year.

It finally sunk into him that he wasn't going to win this one.

But then he paused, as if everything had finally sunk in.

She was finally sunk as a target ship in 1979.

When it finally sank in that the glare wasn't going away, I went to the window.

Off the road a ways, she finally sank to her knees, giving in to the tears.