submersion
Example Sentences
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"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
What I miss most is closing my eyes at night, then opening them and it’s morning, that total submersion, yesterday’s problems wiped away like algebraic equations on a junior-high blackboard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
It includes a small pool of fresh, unchlorinated water and another of specially formulated salt water, both deep enough for full submersion.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
Driver describes working with Mann as a submersion into technical mastery, though not without its moments of invention.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
“It says this, and I quote: ‘The presence of foam in the airway and around the lips and nose indicates beyond doubt that the victim was alive at the time of submersion.’
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
