submerge

Example Sentences

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First, the Coens submerge us headfirst into the cold netherworld of a Minnesota winter, where criminals hope that a dusting of fresh, frosty powder will cover their tracks.

From Salon

More typically and woefully, our parents submerge it.

From Salon

I couldn’t see the lights from the lakeside settlements anymore, but I dimly made out dark shapes sticking up through the water—submerged trees!

From Literature

Some of Wales' most expensive beach huts have been submerged in sand after the coastline was battered by storms.

From BBC

Marcos is facing a public firestorm over sham infrastructure projects meant to control flooding in the archipelago country, where typhoon-driven rains submerged entire towns last year.

From Barron's