Sunken
adjective
Below the normal or original level or surface.
He had sunken cheeks due to lack of proper nutrition.
Often appears as...
- sunken eyes
- sunken cheeks
adjective
Having fallen or been lowered.
The boat had sunken and was completely under water.
Often appears as...
- sunken boat
- sunken vessel
adjective
Displayed by being moved inward.
His sunken eyes revealed his stress and fatigue.
Often appears as...
- sunken eyes
- sunken face
verb
Past participle of sink, moved downwards into or beneath the surface of a liquid.
The ship had sunken due to a huge hole in its hull.
Often appears as...
- sunken ship
- sunken treasure
adjective
Below the normal or original level or surface.
He had sunken cheeks due to lack of proper nutrition.
Often appears as...
- sunken eyes
- sunken cheeks
adjective
Having fallen or been lowered.
The boat had sunken and was completely under water.
Often appears as...
- sunken boat
- sunken vessel
adjective
Displayed by being moved inward.
His sunken eyes revealed his stress and fatigue.
Often appears as...
- sunken eyes
- sunken face
verb
Past participle of sink, moved downwards into or beneath the surface of a liquid.
The ship had sunken due to a huge hole in its hull.
Often appears as...
- sunken ship
- sunken treasure
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Appearance
Describes a change in someone's appearance, often due to ageing or illness.
Grandfather's face looked sunken after his long sickness.
Pro Tip 2/2Implies Deterioration
'Sunken' suggests a decline from a better or normal state, not just depth.
The abandoned house had a sunken floor, showing its dilapidation.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Appearance
Describes a change in someone's appearance, often due to ageing or illness.
Grandfather's face looked sunken after his long sickness.
Pro Tip 2/2Implies Deterioration
'Sunken' suggests a decline from a better or normal state, not just depth.
The abandoned house had a sunken floor, showing its dilapidation.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Appearance
Describes a change in someone's appearance, often due to ageing or illness.
Grandfather's face looked sunken after his long sickness.
Pro Tip 2/2Implies Deterioration
'Sunken' suggests a decline from a better or normal state, not just depth.
The abandoned house had a sunken floor, showing its dilapidation.
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Real life sunken cities...
Sunken cities are studied by scientists to help us understand the lives of our ancestors, the dynamic nature of our planet, and the impact of each on the other. Water is essential for life, food sources, and transport, so many cities have been built along coast lines and river banks.
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The Dirty Side Of...
worlds one planet predominantly doing the antarctica program this was the chinstrap penguin shoot we went to an island called deception which is this active volcano it's actually a sunken volcano and on the caldera of it so on the rim of it is a spanish scientific base
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The Secret Culture of...
and explores all kinds of shipwrecks and sunken german u-boats in the north atlantic and finally he becomes one of national geographic's go-to underwater photographers since then he's observed a litany of fascinating creatures in the ocean
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Why is this 2,500 year...
This makes it impossible to bring them to the surface intact. Scientists may carefully remove and study select objects from the wreckages. But the sunken ships will remain protected where they are, perhaps among thousands of others—
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How can sculptures save...
science and policy are key when it comes to coral health I invite you to add the Arts into the equation with creativity calcium and courage we can turn the sunken ship around we can turn the sunken ship into a bio Rock boat a
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What would happen if...
And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.
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Chris Burkard: The joy...
and I could literally feel the blood trying to leave my hands, feet and face, and rush to protect my vital organs. It was the coldest I've ever been. But even with swollen lips, sunken eyes, and cheeks flushed red,
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What's Driving Shark...
Nurse sharks are bottom dwellers, attracted to the crustaceans inhabiting Recife's sunken ships. Measuring up to 9 feet, they possess powerful jaws with serrated teeth. And, worldwide, they have been implicated
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Caring for Coral PIPE...
pollution and overfishing have contributed to their decline earnest efforts are underway to protect the world's reefs and restore them artificial reefs created from sunken ships and other man-made objects have
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Why should you read...
A high forehead topped by disheveled black hair, a sickly pallor, and a look of deep intelligence and deeper exhaustion in his dark, sunken eyes.
Video examples
Real life sunken cities...
Sunken cities are studied by scientists to help us understand the lives of our ancestors, the dynamic nature of our planet, and the impact of each on the other. Water is essential for life, food sources, and transport, so many cities have been built along coast lines and river banks.
Video examples
The Dirty Side Of...
worlds one planet predominantly doing the antarctica program this was the chinstrap penguin shoot we went to an island called deception which is this active volcano it's actually a sunken volcano and on the caldera of it so on the rim of it is a spanish scientific base
Video examples
The Secret Culture of...
and explores all kinds of shipwrecks and sunken german u-boats in the north atlantic and finally he becomes one of national geographic's go-to underwater photographers since then he's observed a litany of fascinating creatures in the ocean
Video examples
Why is this 2,500 year...
This makes it impossible to bring them to the surface intact. Scientists may carefully remove and study select objects from the wreckages. But the sunken ships will remain protected where they are, perhaps among thousands of others—
Video examples
How can sculptures save...
science and policy are key when it comes to coral health I invite you to add the Arts into the equation with creativity calcium and courage we can turn the sunken ship around we can turn the sunken ship into a bio Rock boat a
Video examples
What would happen if...
And as sunken skyscrapers add crumbled concrete to the new forest floor, the soil acidity plummets, potentially allowing new plant life to thrive. This post-human biodiversity extends into the animal kingdom, as well.
Video examples
Chris Burkard: The joy...
and I could literally feel the blood trying to leave my hands, feet and face, and rush to protect my vital organs. It was the coldest I've ever been. But even with swollen lips, sunken eyes, and cheeks flushed red,
Video examples
What's Driving Shark...
Nurse sharks are bottom dwellers, attracted to the crustaceans inhabiting Recife's sunken ships. Measuring up to 9 feet, they possess powerful jaws with serrated teeth. And, worldwide, they have been implicated
Video examples
Caring for Coral PIPE...
pollution and overfishing have contributed to their decline earnest efforts are underway to protect the world's reefs and restore them artificial reefs created from sunken ships and other man-made objects have
Video examples
Why should you read...
A high forehead topped by disheveled black hair, a sickly pallor, and a look of deep intelligence and deeper exhaustion in his dark, sunken eyes.
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Lina Wertmuller
Italian Director
Even American artists are terrorized by market forces. If one can't see the films, my wings are clipped. I am no longer concerned about this, because I'm focused on making films. Perhaps one day someone who discovers sunken treasures will reexamine my 35 or 36 films - I hope it will be 40 or 50 before I die.
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Paul Sparks
American Actor
I'm pretty fortunate that my beard - if I shave it off, I look like a completely different person. My face, it transforms. I mean, I have a weird face! My eyes are really deep and sunken. My son tells me, 'You don't have any eyebrows.
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Robert C. O'Brien
American Public Servant
As it seeks to rule the seas once again, China desires tangible symbols of its past as a naval power. Finding a sunken Chinese ship or coins in Kenyan waters would be powerful in this regard.
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Alice Morse Earle
American Historian
Sunken gardens should be laid out under the supervision of an intelligent landscape architect; and even then should have a reason for being sunken other than a whim or increase in costliness.
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Hugo Chavez
Statesman
The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys.
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Jean Genet
French Dramatist
I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.
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Jill Lepore
American Historian
History's written from what can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by earth.
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John Isner
American Athlete
My expenses are largely a fixed, sunken cost, regardless of how much revenue I earn.
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Frederick William Faber
British Theologian
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
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Julen Lopetegui
Spanish Athlete
If you're looking for a sunken man, don't look at me.
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Lina Wertmuller
Italian Director
Even American artists are terrorized by market forces. If one can't see the films, my wings are clipped. I am no longer concerned about this, because I'm focused on making films. Perhaps one day someone who discovers sunken treasures will reexamine my 35 or 36 films - I hope it will be 40 or 50 before I die.
Quote examples
Paul Sparks
American Actor
I'm pretty fortunate that my beard - if I shave it off, I look like a completely different person. My face, it transforms. I mean, I have a weird face! My eyes are really deep and sunken. My son tells me, 'You don't have any eyebrows.
Quote examples
Robert C. O'Brien
American Public Servant
As it seeks to rule the seas once again, China desires tangible symbols of its past as a naval power. Finding a sunken Chinese ship or coins in Kenyan waters would be powerful in this regard.
Quote examples
Alice Morse Earle
American Historian
Sunken gardens should be laid out under the supervision of an intelligent landscape architect; and even then should have a reason for being sunken other than a whim or increase in costliness.
Quote examples
Hugo Chavez
Statesman
The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the right has sunken us. Socialism builds and capitalism destroys.
Quote examples
Jean Genet
French Dramatist
I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty - a sunken beauty.
Quote examples
Jill Lepore
American Historian
History's written from what can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by earth.
Quote examples
John Isner
American Athlete
My expenses are largely a fixed, sunken cost, regardless of how much revenue I earn.
Quote examples
Frederick William Faber
British Theologian
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.
Quote examples
Julen Lopetegui
Spanish Athlete
If you're looking for a sunken man, don't look at me.
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