half-submerged
- a word derived from submerged.
Example Sentences
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The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
"We used to destroy them," Granados told AFP, his body half-submerged in the sea and diving goggles concealing his face.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
BCP's environment councillor Andy Hadley posted an image on X of the half-submerged digger lying on its side.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023
Dumbledore beckoned Harry to the very edge of the rock where a series of jagged niches made footholds leading down to boulders that lay half-submerged in water and closer to the cliff.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
