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Meanings of sunken in English

Having a sunken area.

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Submerged.

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Examples for "submerged"
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The car was swept downstream and submerged under water, the report said.
Reuters
2
Disaster authorities say hundreds of houses are damaged and some are submerged.
Radio NZ
3
Materials and methods: In vitro porcine kidneys were submerged in degassed water.
Pubmed
4
So Celtic religion outwardly was submerged in Roman religion; and then later.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
5
Let the half-submerged earth sail around the sun in an appropriate orbit.
Recreations in Astronomy / With Directions for Practical Experim...
Usage of sunken in English
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Good tidings; no weather catastrophes; no wind-trashed hospitality areas or sunken greens.
The Irish Times
2
China has avoided taking sides in the issue of the sunken ship.
Reuters
3
The first thing they saw was a sunken tank in the floor.
The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru
4
The eyes, sunken in their sockets, were red and terrible to see.
The Sky Line of Spruce
5
On the opposite side of the handle were the sunken letters S.
The Strong Arm
6
We can have the books and pictures in my room-mysunken room.
The Shield of Silence
7
So Grandfather related the wonderful and true tale of the sunken treasure.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
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The sunken road leading to the bridge had been a defensive measure.
The waste lands
9
Down at Seabright, Hastings and his wife walked in the sunken garden.
The Lost Road
10
They were broken, covered with moss and half sunken in the earth.
Can Such Things Be?
11
Perhaps the sunken cheeks and the protruding cheekbones gave her this impression.
The Ragged Edge
12
Accordingly they proceeded with caution along the length of the sunken Pandora.
Tom Swift and His Undersea Search; Or, the Treasure on the Floor...
13
Probably he got that shirt from the owner of the sunken lugger.
Tropic Days
14
The alabaster of the sunken cheeks was untouched by any hectic display.
The Heart of Unaga
15
The oil slick from the sunken tanker Prestige had reached their beaches.
The Irish Times
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The sunken rocks are dismally named after the vessels they have destroyed.
For the Term of His Natural Life
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United Kingdom
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Common
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