fallen-in

Example Sentences

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“People are gathering on the streets and empty fields to avoid collapsing buildings,” said Mr. Nugroho, who posted photographs on Twitter of houses with fallen-in roofs and walls.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2018

Its stock was pressed tightly against Anse Dugmore's fallen-in cheek; the trigger finger of his right hand, fleshless as a joint of cane, was crooked about the trigger guard.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

But alas! nothing could we find that looked in the least like a fallen-in cave.

From The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh

Then the portcullis was raised, and in the opening appeared the tip of an enormous nose, located between the sunken eyes and fallen-in mouth of an old woman uglier than sin.

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

His eyes were open, and shone, cavernous and solemn, above his fallen-in cheeks.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)