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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 most prominent art piece is a copper oak tree that stands next to the sunken living room.
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
Turning a profit — at least theatrically — may be as difficult to pull off as breaking into a sunken submarine in the Arctic Ocean.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 28 May 2025
Despite one spectacular, pulse-pounding aerial sequence that will take your breath away near the finale, and a brilliant, hand-wringing scene underwater in a sunken submarine, the eighth and perhaps final entry in a franchise that has provided a bounty of escapist thrills is a shrug of a movie.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Private patios are planted with succulents and shaded by native trees, while the center of the property is anchored by a sunken dipping pool and communal fire pit perfect for lingering evenings and slow conversations.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
Turning a profit — at least theatrically — may be as difficult to pull off as breaking into a sunken submarine in the Arctic Ocean.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 28 May 2025
Despite one spectacular, pulse-pounding aerial sequence that will take your breath away near the finale, and a brilliant, hand-wringing scene underwater in a sunken submarine, the eighth and perhaps final entry in a franchise that has provided a bounty of escapist thrills is a shrug of a movie.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Private patios are planted with succulents and shaded by native trees, while the center of the property is anchored by a sunken dipping pool and communal fire pit perfect for lingering evenings and slow conversations.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunken
Adjective
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High atop a particularly craggy one, the rainfall gets a toehold beneath soil clinging to a very steep and slightly concave slope of rock.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
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Jan, 2022 Was the mask sandwiched between concave and convex metal electrodes?—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Sep. 2020
Adjective
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Just weeks earlier, divers found about 55 pounds of cocaine about 100 feet underwater off Key West.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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The underwater sculpture forest features 93 sculptures by Jason deCaires Taylor including trees, plants, and children playing alongside mythical creatures, intended to explore man’s relationship with nature.—
Kin Woo,
Vogue,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Equally hollow are the claims that his proposal is low risk.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Most of the other obvious yuks are flashy and hollow: Of course M3GAN will dance.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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There was a caddis fly in the bucket, which is a type of aquatic insect, and a few tiny flies.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Unlike many other leeches, this new aquatic species does not feed on blood, but rather worms and insect larvae, according to researchers.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Nike reported fourth-quarter financial results that slightly topped depressed revenue and earnings-per-share estimates, but the full-year picture reflects the brand’s struggles, as 12-month revenue fell 10% to $46.3 billion.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2025
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What resonates most strongly is the film’s subtler or more emotional moments — the camera lingering on a man left holding a stick after his dog fails to come back from a swim or the scene where Brody’s son mimics his depressed father’s body language at the dinner table.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 June 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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Rescue units responding to a submerged truck in a Venice, Florida, canal encountered two large alligators.—
Chris Anderson,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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What appears as waste may serve as witness—a sock, a spoon, a necklace drifting from a submerged compartment, each hinting at a life once lived.—
Siddhartha Mukherjee,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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“Sunken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunken. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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