sank

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

These words sank into the heart of Adam and Eve.

And as she called to him, he turned round, found her there and wept when he saw her, and smote upon his breast; and from the bitterness of his grief, he sank into the water.