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1 curved inward
  • our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking

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2 living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water
  • diving for sunken treasure

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The first known use of sunken was in the 15th century

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sunk fence

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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 1 Dec. 2021.

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