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as in concave
curved inward
our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking
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Recent Examples of sunken
The sunken living room had two steps, which the couple worried might be a tripping hazard.
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Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 1 May 2025
My new favourite spot nearby was a long, sunken garden, complete with stone fountains, a gravelly terrace, and grand staircases sprawling down from street level.
—Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
Think of it as a sunken, outside sitting room for year-round entertaining.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
Photo : West Coast Modern Double-height ceilings and light and drama to the sunken living room.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 1 May 2025
My new favourite spot nearby was a long, sunken garden, complete with stone fountains, a gravelly terrace, and grand staircases sprawling down from street level.
—Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
Think of it as a sunken, outside sitting room for year-round entertaining.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
Photo : West Coast Modern Double-height ceilings and light and drama to the sunken living room.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
Adjective
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With a 5,000-seat auditorium and a concave roof referencing the curve of Asante royal stools, it was intended to be much more than just a cathedral.—
Francis Kokoroko,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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One side of the chest piece is flat and called the diaphragm, and the other is concave and called the bell.4 The flat or diaphragm side of the chest piece is usually used to listen to heart sounds.—
Patty Weasler, RN, BSN,
Verywell Health,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Blending skill, grace and the daring pursuit of the ultimate underwater thrill, five divers—all trained by a world-class underwater choreographer—will compete to show off their skills during epic underwater dances.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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Five divers trained by an underwater choreographer will compete.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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But despite the financial success, something felt hollow.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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To do so would mean admitting that his promise of absolute victory is hollow.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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The microbial fuel cells sit in a nearby waterway, amongst aquatic grass, delivering the power.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Both aquatic features will be open from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. daily from Saturday through Sept. 21.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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Never as rich as its aesthetics intimate, the U.S. met the nineties financially—and, therefore, spiritually—depressed.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Though fun is a funny word to use considering Thunderbolts is all about depressed anti-heroes looking for a sense of purpose.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Courtney has been pushing the Navy to adopt measures to expand what has become known as the submarine industrial base.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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It is expected the Chinese submarine force to grow to 65 boats by 2025 and 80 by 2035 because of an expansion of submarine construction capacity.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The submerged vehicle’s occupants were freed but still in the water by the time emergency responders arrived at the scene, the department added.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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In 2001, Oakland Park resident Heather Munroe died in a submerged van that was driven into the river there at about 2 a.m. after leaving now-closed Maguire’s Hill 16.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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