How to Use submerged in a Sentence

submerged

adjective
  • The leaves of the submerged trees were turning the fresh green of spring.
    Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
  • Their bodies were found July 12 in the submerged car in the pond.
    Fox News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • And the submerged pool seats keep guests cool when viewing on hot days.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Part of the wood should stay submerged; keep part exposed above the water.
    Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And the submariners can remain submerged for months at a time.
    ABC News, 22 May 2022
  • These spheres will be arranged on 115 lines anchored to the ocean floor and held taut by submerged floats.
    Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Divers donned gear such as snorkels and took the plunge within submerged cages as the sharks, lured by bait, swam nearby.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Striper fishing remains good around submerged springs in the upper end of the lake on live shad; www.markcollinsguideservice.com.
    Frank Sargeant, al, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Best said the underwater end had to be deep enough to stay submerged in the coming weeks.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
  • If it was inverted above the Mariana Trench, the submerged tip would come more than a mile short of the seafloor.
    Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • Now, the shops were half-submerged, the green spaces and parking lots looked like lakes, the cars turned into boats that could not float.
    Carter Sickels, Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The key to getting bass to bite was reeling the crankbait along the top of submerged vegetation.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But now, with its lack of submerged mass, the thin, light ice was more susceptible to wind.
    Adventure, 23 Dec. 2020
  • One vendor wrapped a bundle of cups in a white plastic bag in the back of a half-submerged pickup truck.
    Dake Kang, ajc, 30 July 2021
  • The submerged rock mounds form the basis for the lake’s ecosystem and provide the main food source for brine shrimp and brine flies — the lake’s most abundant life forms.
    Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Nov. 2021
  • One exec even drew a picture of a submerged island volcano to drive home the point.
    Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Officers found the victims Monday in the submerged car and all five were pronounced dead at the scene.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • But Horn’s submerged skis were catching on ice, trapping him in the water.
    Adventure, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The greatest danger is getting a foot caught in a crack between rocks or on a submerged log.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Photos from the state show roads turned into rivers, with cars toppled and half-submerged.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 26 May 2021
  • The heart of the program at Lake Siskiyou is a series of large submerged pens in a dock structure at the marina.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The submerged volcano was long been called Loihi, but has since been renamed Kama’ehuakanaloa.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2021
  • After dredging Deer Lake, a submerged boat was found Aug 24.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Shredded roofs and submerged cars were visible for miles along this stretch of St. John the Baptist Parish.
    Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021
  • One such object is the wake created by a submerged submarine on the surface of the ocean.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The submerged car was pulled from the water with three males and two females still inside, according to WFTX.
    Tanasia Kenney Miami Herald (tns), al, 27 June 2023
  • There's also the family pool, the Bimini game pool with submerged loungers and hot tub, the main pool, and a cabana pool.
    Michele Robson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The ants in the submerged half would eventually crawl out from beneath and through the middle of the raft to replenish the topside ants.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2021
  • The couple can be seen and heard seemingly yelling at passersby that there was someone stuck in the submerged vehicle as Chance starts to smash the windshield and Young yells at the driver to cover his eyes.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • The Sun reported that, after the missile rose into the air from the submerged Vanguard, its boosters did not properly ignite.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 June 2024

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