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
- 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.
- 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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