half-buried

British  

adjective

1. partially buried

   a ring half-buried in the mud

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half-buried

Fragments of bags, clothes, and a melted shoe lie half-buried in the charred earth at the site, alongside dead trees with burned trunks.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

"My legs were half-buried, so I couldn't even move. When my hearing slowly returned, I could hear my husband's voice somewhere: 'Olga, help me, dig me out,' he said. 'I'm near the stairs'."

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2022

Both rovers are half-buried in sand, but they're in good shape otherwise.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir