He discovered an old sunken Spanish treasure ship near Key West more than twenty years ago.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

The moon says to him:] 'Oh, I've been scanning pond and hole And waterway hereabout For the body of one with a sunken soul Who has put his life-light out.

月亮对他说],哦，我一直在审视着池塘和地洞,还有在附近的排水沟,因为一个人的灵魂已沦陷,熄灭了他的生命之光。

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His gray,lifeless eyes were sunken.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

An explosion nearly two weeks ago aboard the now-sunken oil rig killed 11 workers.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02