Example Sentences

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Flooding has submerged cars in one city as torrential rain has caused disruption across Wales.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

This extra water has submerged and damaged extensive dust control measures.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

The devastation in India’s northeast, one of the worst affected regions, has submerged railway tracks, bridges and roads.

From New York Times • May 22, 2022

Four-year-old Seth Robinson stands in the middle of flooding that has submerged his father's corn crops in Yazoo City, Mo. A Missouri resident drives on a flooded road north of Yazoo City.

From Salon • May 16, 2011

"And meanwhile you will not deny that the artist has submerged the lover."

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn