sunk
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of sink.
half-sunk
-
a word derived from
sunk.
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
And there, upside down and half-sunk at the top of the heap … was that the sailboat she’d been on?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
