Example Sentences

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For Cragin, a mother of three living in Tri-Cities, it was as if Bakan left her a half-sunk old boat.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Great mounds of coal are piled on off-shore platforms and, until recently, a half-sunk barge threatened to spill its black contents into the sea.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2022

But the poster I had showed a picture of the Titanic, already half-sunk into the ocean, with the caption: It could be that your life is meant to serve only as a warning to others.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2020

The wrecks lie half-sunk in marinas, fully submerged in coves, tangled in mangrove roots, tossed akilter against trees, or piled atop one another, a jumble of punctured hulls, snapped masts and bent propellers.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2017

Immense blocks of black basalt, each as large as a crofter's cottage, lay scattered and tumbled like a child's wooden blocks, half-sunk in the soft boggy soil.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin