Examples of sunken in a Sentence
Her eyes were sunken and lifeless.
our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking
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In the sunken lounge area, Eckley installed a fireplace in the retaining wall.
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Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s a separate poolside casita with its own kitchenette and laundry and, just below the pool, a sunken terrace with a fire pit.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
There’s a separate poolside casita with its own kitchenette and laundry and, just below the pool, a sunken terrace with a fire pit.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Burnett’s stage was designed so that the audience was seated below the eye level of the performers, in a sunken pit, rather than above them, on risers.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunken. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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