immerse
verb (used with object)
to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
immerses
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present tense formof immerse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Sampson, a professor emerita of poetry at the University of Roehampton, expertly immerses readers in the cultural and intellectual world that produced one of the greatest practitioners of 19th-century literature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Rob is that kind of actor where he immerses himself so deeply you sort of don't know where he ends and the character begins," Evans said.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Frank Dikötter is an iconoclast historian who immerses himself in the primary sources more thoroughly than any other Western scholar of 20th-century China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Miss Austen” is the first of three novels by Hornby that immerses readers in the lives of Jane and her close-knit family, which the author found “completely captivating.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
Instead, she immerses herself in getting August’s costume ready, since we all know Halloween is his favorite time of year.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
