submersion

Example Sentences

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What I miss most is closing my eyes at night, then opening them and it’s morning, that total submersion, yesterday’s problems wiped away like algebraic equations on a junior-high blackboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The prevention of drowning—which is defined as submersion in liquid that impairs breathing and, contrary to common knowledge, isn’t always fatal—is, in some ways, straightforward.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2024

“I Saw the TV Glow” captures this obsessive, anticipatory submersion in a long-form weekly TV show, to the point where it ignites the same feeling.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

"Drowning contributes due to the likelihood of submersion into the pool as he lapsed into unconsciousness; coronary artery disease contributes due to exacerbation of ketamine induced myocardial effects on the heart."

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

“It says this, and I quote: ‘The presence of foam in the airway and around the lips and nose indicates beyond doubt that the victim was alive at the time of submersion.’

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson