sunken

[US]/'sʌŋk(ə)n/
[UK]/'sʌŋkən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. submerged, concave, depressed.

Phrases & Collocations

sunken ship

sunken city

sunken treasure

Example Sentences

the wreck of a sunken ship.

dragging for the sunken craft.

We’ve putting a sunken bath in our bathroom.

she produced a sunken fruit cake from a tin.

her face was white, with sunken cheeks.

Objective To find more effective therapy to repair sunken mammilla.

His cheeks were sunken from hunger.

Refloating the sunken ship proved impractical because of the great expense.

She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.

Refloating the sunken ship intact proved impracticable because of its fragility.

the depocenter of hydrocarbon source rock such as coal and dark mudstone is situated in the Xinxian sunken in the south of the study area;

The sunken fontanel usually due to the depletion of body fluid caused by vomiting and/or diarrhea[4].

Manufacturers of Idromass and Laghetto raised and sunken swimming pools, hydromassage pools and...

If we can get some strong ropes or wires around the sunken boat, we might be able to haul it up.

In any navigation channel, the following activities are prohibited: abandoning sunken vessels, laying fishing implements impedimental to navigation, and cultivating aquatic plants.

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