submerged
adjective
under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
unsubmerged
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a word derived from
submerged.
Example Sentences
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And as I bent to the level of the flowing waters and looked towards its source, I saw a man marooned on one of the hillocks which the flood had left unsubmerged.
From The Black Colonel by James Milne
With a rush they passed the wide gap between the unsubmerged stones of the causeway, at which point the boldest held his breath.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
These men were like broken and scattered fragments of dykes, still unsubmerged and striving to hold back the waters of a flood.
From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by John Gould Fletcher
On the hither side, only a thin scattered fringe of bluffs was unsubmerged; and through all the gaps the fog was pouring over, like an ocean into the blue clear sunny country on the east.
From The Sea Fogs by Robert Louis Stevenson
Two hours or more passed before the unsubmerged, wooden portion of the wreck had been consumed by the flames, and at 11.30 P. M. the smoke-stacks of the ill-fated ship fell.
From The Boys of '98 by James Otis
