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sunken
/ ˈʌŋə /
verb
a past participle of sink
adjective
unhealthily hollow
sunken cheeks
situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one
situated under water; submerged
depressed; low
sunken spirits
Other Word Forms
- half-sunken adjective
- unsunken adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Paramedics who came to the house describe Ethan as being emaciated with a sunken chest and found he was bruised and bleeding.
Somewhere in a sunken kitchen, copper pans still hang above the range.
Los Angeles developer Wayne Ratkovich embarked on an ambitious makeover that included removing the roof of the mall and cutting out much of the main floor to create a sunken, sunlight-filled public plaza.
Two more M88A2 Hercules, plus bulldozers were needed to drag the sunken vehicle out of the swamp on Monday, in a recovery mission that saw teams working "day and night", the statement said.
US Navy divers were brought in to hook cables onto the sunken vehicle, and had to manoeuvre "through thick layers of mud, clay, and sediment with zero visibility", the statement said.
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