submerging

Example Sentences

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In 2022, a 30-metre-high garbage heap at a landfill in West Java's Cipayung triggered a landslide that entered a river, submerging a bridge to the neighbouring village.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

But it quickly caught fire on social media, where users have posted videos of themselves drinking a whole cup or submerging entire burritos in it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

"Lay back, float and that involves submerging your ears and trying to breathe normally," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Heaven sent slumber in an endless tide submerging my sad heart among the leaves.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer