sunken

Example Sentences

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They think it could be from a stone age society whose disappearance under rising seas was the origin of a local sunken city myth.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

With implausibly identical language, they testified that they had heard her speak of sunken Allied ships after a naval battle in October 1944:

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Silver pearls glisten on the men’s foreheads and their eyes are sunken deep in their pale faces, framed in a stubble of beard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 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

Also of great interest was the cushioning layer of brushwood found between thin planks of the sunken ship’s hull.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler