As she looked up at him, his meaning became clear, sank into her mind with a dreadful clarity.
It took a moment for this to sink into Ellen's mind.
He allowed the thought to sink into his mind.
The image sank into his mind like a picture done by electroplate.
It took nearly a full minute for the implications of what the doctor had just said to sink into Jack's mind.
Jean's heart stopped for a moment as the words sunk into her awakening mind.
He paused for a moment to let the words sink deep into the admiral's mind.
The thing seemed to sink into Lou's mind like a person seeing his way through a chess problem.
I could feel the frantic question slowly sinking into his mind.
It took a long moment for the implications of this remark to sink into Jim's mind.