Example Sentences

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In Alcacer do Sal, south of Lisbon, the Sado river had burst its banks and the rising water had submerged the town's main avenue, AFP journalists saw.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

By late August, further south in the province of Punjab, floods had submerged 4,500 villages, overwhelming "Pakistan's breadbasket", in a country that can't always afford to import enough food.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

The rain had submerged streets and freeways, halted traffic, buses and trolleys, and caught many people off guard.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

But at around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Ms. Campbell saw a Facebook post from a cousin saying that the flood had submerged the enclave of homes where her mother lived.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2022

But I had submerged only as far as my neck before something snatched the belt of my tunic and yanked me back aboard.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood