Example Sentences

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When a surfer puts too much weight at the front of their board, the tip of the board will submerge in the water, often resulting in the surfer flailing or falling off their board.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

In Southern California, officers from the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife will submerge some discarded trees in the bottom of lakes so fish can have a place to hide.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2021

“It’s a drowning victim’s instinct to fight to survive, which only exhausts them into the vertical drowning posture. Once exhausted and in that drowning posture, the victim will submerge in less than 60 seconds.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2021

But scientists project that, within the next 100 years, rising sea levels caused by climate change will submerge much of southeast Florida—including Mar-a-Lago, his beachfront Florida “White House.”

From National Geographic • Nov. 18, 2017

“I’m worried that the islet will submerge in the storm.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook