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sunken
1. adj. caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged
2. adj. (of eyes or cheeks) seeming to have fallen deeper back into the face due to tiredness, illness, or old age.

Example Sentences

Her eyes were all sunken in at this point and she just laughed again.

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