sunken

Example Sentences

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Those that are for-profit are struggling to turn one, given their large sunken costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

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 • Mar. 14, 2026

A new sunken firepit was installed low to complement the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

In a phone interview, police said residents of the village of Las Cuevas reported two Trinidadians were believed to be on the sunken vessel, but could not confirm the deaths.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

The twenty-eight tons of ancient coins that were a part of the Shinan ship’s cargo were the largest and undoubtedly most monetarily valuable assemblage of coins ever recovered from a sunken vessel.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler