sunken

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With implausibly identical language, they testified that they had heard her speak of sunken Allied ships after a naval battle in October 1944:

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

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

Some of them lay against the walls of the shops, looking as if they’d never get up, their eyes sunken in their heads.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff