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sunken

About 1.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb past participle of sink
  2. adjective Caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
    The sunken ship lay at a depth of 100 feet
  3. adjective Seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.
    She looked old and thin with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes.

Similar words

hollow submerged drowned recessed deep-set swamped underground sinking sediment drowning

Often followed by

eyes and road in cheeks ships rocks garden ship

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