sunken
IPA: sˈʌŋkʌn
adjective
- caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
- (of eyes or cheeks) Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
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Examples of "sunken" in Sentences
- The large sunken tub was in the master bedroom.
- Only few crewmen of the sunken ships were rescued.
- The river is the site of the sunken Union battleship.
- Numerous sunken wrecks are in the approach to the pass.
- At the end of the month, she destroyed the sunken ship.
- Like a race in sunken cities, like a nation in the mines.
- You may be aware of the recent civil war in sunken R'lyeh.
- At the back of the house, there is a sunken garden called the Dutch Garden.
- The Germans later succeeded in raising and refitting 15 of the sunken ships.
- A sunken bathtub is mounted in the housing and extends from the top thereof.
- There are 29 sunken ships from the Civil War beneath the waters of the river.
- The impluvium was the shallow pool sunken into the floor to catch the rainwater.
- That burgeoning interest in sunken treasure has an upside: a steady stream of discoveries.
- The ensuing intrigues waft the heroine about the world to her destiny in sunken R’lyeh while revealing that the universe is a strange amalgam of illusions.
- That afternoon the Regiment moved up a little closer to the line and was distributed in sunken roads, chalk cliffs, etc., throughout the vicinity of Roisel.
- You head for the backs of reservoir tributary arms, anchor, and drown minnows in sunken brushpiles, waiting for finicky spawning crappies to bite — all the while rubbing bows with scores of other anglers doing the same thing.
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