sunken

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Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

In a phone interview, police said residents of the village of Las Cuevas reported two Trinidadians were believed to be on the sunken vessel, but could not confirm the deaths.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Most on board were soldiers with sunken cheeks, emaciated after their years behind bars.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

A fusion of body horror and couples therapy, it centers on a sunken cave with a pool of water that, when sipped, makes cells thirst to meld with the nearest mammal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

After diving down to the sunken vessel, Throckmorton returned to the surface boat almost as excited as he had been after first investigating the Gelidonya wreck.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler