submerging
- present participle of submerge.
Example Sentences
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In 2022, a 30-metre-high garbage heap at a landfill in West Java's Cipayung triggered a landslide that entered a river, submerging a bridge to the neighbouring village.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Certain actions, such as submerging the ball in water or exposing it to high heat, are prohibited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
For the next eight years, as if submerging into quicksand, I sank deeper into debt.
From Salon ● May 11, 2025
At least nine people have died over the weekend, as torrential downpours drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
The stern disappears beneath the wave, the main deck is flooded, and the surge hits the helm, submerging me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
