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
  • Add short ribs and place a small plate on top of short ribs to keep submerged.
    Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
  • And the next morning, she was found dead in a submerged car at the bottom of a tidal pond.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 May 2018
  • 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
  • The next shows ticklish pond weeds and a blissful pair of submerged feet.
    Julia Turner, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • 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
  • The farmer points to a spot 50 yards out into the silty currents: the submerged edge of his family’s land.
    Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The driver, who was not injured, escaped the submerged car and called for help, Montes said.
    Michael Williams, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 June 2018
  • 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
  • Howle said two men died after they were trapped in a submerged car, raising the overall death toll in the state to 33.
    Rafiq Maqbool, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
  • And in the last raft, oarsman Garrett Eaton felt the submerged rock catch rubber, hanging up the rear.
    Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 23 June 2019
  • 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
  • Many of the wrecks remain in great shape, and the submerged vessels show no signs of going anywhere soon.
    Chris McNamara, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2017
  • The key to getting bass to bite was reeling the crankbait along the top of submerged vegetation.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Four submerged sailboats and a floating dock in the turning basin.
    Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 12 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • During the brighter hours Choo-Choo Swimjigs over submerged grass and Echo crankbaits along the edges have been effective; www.anglingadventures.info.
    Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • The CHP will close the road again at 10 a.m. Monday as sheriff’s deputies resume their search for the submerged car and its driver.
    Annie Sciacca, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2017
  • 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
  • More than 50 people had to be rescued by helicopter from the roof of a submerged hospital.
    Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Campbell’s past—miles from Caledonian Road—lingers in the background of his prosperous London life like a submerged threat.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024

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