half-drowned

British  

adjective

1. nearly dead or killed by immersion in liquid

   half-drowned crewmen lay on the planks

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Example Sentences

Soon after, his view turned from disapproving to downright apocalyptic — in sculptures and installations of Teletubbies dressed in riot gear, of human heads and hands bundled into shopping carts, of Manhattan half-drowned by rising seas.

From New York Times

In the opening moments of the show, Hazel flounders onscreen looking like a half-drowned mermaid — wet, disheveled, in a scaly green dress and smeared eye makeup.

From New York Times

Many are endangered or have been driven out of their habitats: a fishing cat whose mangrove swamp was drained to build a hotel, a white-bellied heron whose river was dammed to make a power plant, a half-drowned polar bear whose ice platform has all but melted.

From New York Times

This one was lopsided and half-drowned, but its shape was perfect, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Writers who are hard at work on present-day challenges include Kim Stanley Robinson, whose 2017 novel, "New York 2140," imagines communal life in the half-drowned city.

From Salon