sunken

Example Sentences

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In November 1832, eight survivors of the sunken American whaleship Mentor set out into the Pacific Ocean in a pair of rickety boats.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Historic unemployment, lower quality of life and sunken morale among workers—and it won’t be without consequence.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

In a paper in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, the writers conjecture that sites such as this may lie at the origin of local Breton legends of sunken cities.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

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

His cheeks were sunken; he’d lost a lot of weight and he needed a haircut.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt