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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
Four semi-enclosed sunken courtyards are carved directly into the structure.
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Bridget Borgobello
july 16, New Atlas, 16 July 2025
In 2018, the sunken vessel was discovered in Bitter End’s mooring field and carefully resurfaced.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Related article Colombia launches expedition to explore 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck filled with sunken treasure
Historical records show that the San José was part of a shipping fleet known as the Flota de Tierra Firme.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
To learn a little more about the city during your stay, be sure to drop by the lobby’s sunken living room, where a bookcase of Mexican literature awaits.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sunken
Bridget Borgobello
july 16, New Atlas, 16 July 2025
In 2018, the sunken vessel was discovered in Bitter End’s mooring field and carefully resurfaced.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Related article Colombia launches expedition to explore 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck filled with sunken treasure
Historical records show that the San José was part of a shipping fleet known as the Flota de Tierra Firme.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
To learn a little more about the city during your stay, be sure to drop by the lobby’s sunken living room, where a bookcase of Mexican literature awaits.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sunken
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
Adjective
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The shape of the droplets primarily demonstrate whispering-gallery mode light emission, where the light travels around a concave surface, bouncing along the inside surface.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 July 2025
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Alpine slides are similar but have a continuous, concave surface instead of a track.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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In 1935, Panerai developed the Ref. 2533 prototype, which resulted in a timepiece that could withstand the rigors of underwater missions.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Encircled by a vivid undersea mural, the History of Diving Museum showcases thousands of artifacts tracing 4,000 years of underwater exploration.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At Dock’s Oyster House in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Pommes Soufflé is an elevated version of a french fry, that is crispy on the outside and completely hollow on the inside.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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For the lighter portions to have as little weight as possible, even the carbon-fiber frames had to be hollow.—
Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Few warm-weather escapes are complete without plenty of pool time–and the resort’s Baia delle Palme pool, an expansive aquatic zone, raises the bar for splish-splashy fun in the sun.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The highly-contagious disease is caused by the aquatic bacterium Vibrio cholerae.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That view shifted Wednesday, with our double upgrade back to our buy-equivalent 1 rating after CEO David Ricks and several other company insiders bought lots of shares of the depressed stock.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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Once rich and chubby and depressed, Johnson is now, at forty-seven, rich and ripped and determined to live forever.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Last December, lawmakers passed a short-term funding bill that included $5.7 billion in emergency funding for the submarine industrial base.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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Despite the ongoing retirement of older hulls, the PLAN's submarine force is expected to grow to 65 units by 2025 and 80 units by 2035 due to an expansion of submarine construction capacity.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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The submerged area called the Madura Strait was once part of a landmass called Sundaland, which connected the Indonesian archipelago to mainland Asia.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 July 2025
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Now, the city of Kerrville is refusing to drain the lake, which bubbles with oil from submerged automobiles, Carr said.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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