- present participle of submerge.
submerging
Example Sentences
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“The precise mechanisms of holding one’s breath, letting air out, and submerging the body underwater are not visible in the archive,” Ms. Fernando notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In 2022, a 30-metre-high garbage heap at a landfill in West Java's Cipayung triggered a landslide that entered a river, submerging a bridge to the neighbouring village.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The Sutlej River had overflowed, submerging homes and washing away the walls that were meant to protect them.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
Chou puts the chickens in the pot, submerging them in water to boil them whole.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
