watertight

Example Sentences

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After hitting the iceberg, five watertight compartments were breached, leading to Titanic sinking.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The crew needed a watertight soundstage for that scene, so they savvily constructed the set in the school’s empty pool, where overflowing water would not be an issue.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

The crash should have flooded just two of the boat's six watertight compartments, but a missing door meant that three were compromised, dooming the vessel.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Extent of the flooding if the bulkhead had been watertight.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Gorringe and his troublemakers have spent the last few months building a huge watertight container, which they will use to tow the obelisk to the harbor.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman