sunken
adjective
having sunk or been sunk beneath the surface; submerged.
half-sunken
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a word derived from
sunken.
Example Sentences
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A fireman told reporters the Equinox backpack with clothes, the laptop and other personal effects was found tied to a half-sunken tree trunk in the area that the two men were last seen on Sunday.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2022
If you see one half-sunken boat, once you start digging, you can bet there are more.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
He couldn’t know it in the pitch-black darkness, but just a few paces away lay his own half-sunken sailboat.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2020
Hundreds of half-sunken barges and speedboats are piled up near oil ports.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
The girl crossed there and made her way down to the docks, then through the Ragman’s Harbor and past the half-sunken spires and domes of the Drowned Town.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
