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sunken

[suhng-kuhn] / ˈsʌŋ kən /
ADJECTIVE
depressed, hollowed; submerged
Synonyms


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Tommy Thompson, 73, discovered millions of dollars' worth of sunken treasure from the 1857 wreckage of the SS Central America, also known as the Ship of Gold, off the coast of South Carolina in 1988.

From BBC

And Cat’s mother, who sat in their yard, teeth gone, cheeks sunken, with no money to pay the rent.

From Literature

Her eyes were no longer blank, but sunken with exhaustion.

From Literature

From that moment on, the sunken warship became Mr. Dooley’s lodestar, even as he “became ever more cynical” about the Cuban revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal

They think it could be from a stone age society whose disappearance under rising seas was the origin of a local sunken city myth.

From BBC