half-buried

British  

adjective

1. partially buried

   a ring half-buried in the mud

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Example Sentences

Frozen waterways blur into land, and only a bridge or half-buried boat hints that water still moves beneath the white.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

In Malibu: In “Planet of the Apes,” Charlton Heston’s character, George Taylor, discovers the Statue of Liberty half-buried in the sand—and realizes that what he thought was an alien planet is a postapocalyptic Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Her team was able to capture high-resolution images of different seafloor textures, for example, as well as mounds that might indicate small burrowing animals that could stir up any chemicals half-buried in the sediment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024

Ukrainian archaeologists were ecstatic a few weeks ago to excavate a 20-foot-long oak boat half-buried in the sand and carved with mysterious symbols.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

We reach the unexploded bomb half-buried in the ground at the start of Aleppo Way, its nose buried deep in the dirt, wing blades pointing at the sky.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell