sunken
Example Sentences
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His eyes were sunken and rolled back in his head.
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He was thinner in the face, with dark rings under his sunken eyes.
From Literature
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Tommy Thompson, 73, discovered millions of dollars' worth of sunken treasure from the 1857 wreckage of the SS Central America, also known as the Ship of Gold, off the coast of South Carolina in 1988.
From BBC
And Cat’s mother, who sat in their yard, teeth gone, cheeks sunken, with no money to pay the rent.
From Literature
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Her eyes were no longer blank, but sunken with exhaustion.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.