submersion

Example Sentences

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Early land art, like Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty,” now serves as a warning about climate change due to its increasing submersion and re-emergence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

"The submersion caused by the rapid rise in sea level, followed by the abandonment of fishing structures, protective works, and habitation sites, must have left a lasting impression."

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

The prevention of drowning—which is defined as submersion in liquid that impairs breathing and, contrary to common knowledge, isn’t always fatal—is, in some ways, straightforward.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2024

“I Saw the TV Glow” captures this obsessive, anticipatory submersion in a long-form weekly TV show, to the point where it ignites the same feeling.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

It was a result, Horace knew, of air, mucus, and seawater all mingled by respiration, which meant the deceased had been alive at submersion.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson