Crushing would be an intense feeling while sinking down would be a feeling of hopelessness, so one sentence is saying that he had intense feelings of remorse and another sentence is saying that he was able to overcome those feelings.
Context: "Even during the crushing remorse he was able to pulled up from despair." Claim: "He crushed remorse and sunk down despair."
Considering the context, is the claim true, false, or unknown?