almost submerged
Frequency: 6.810.2 per million words
Indicates being very close to being completely underwater.
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Examples (10)
- The boat was almost submerged after hitting the iceberg.
- During the flood, many houses were almost submerged.
- The diver found the wreck almost submerged on the seabed.
- With the rising tide, the sandcastle was almost submerged.
- The submarine remained almost submerged to avoid detection.
- The small raft was almost submerged by the rough waves.
- After the storm, the island's lower regions were almost submerged.
- He watched as the car went off the road and became almost submerged in the river.
- The statue in the fountain was almost submerged by the heavy rainfall.
- We could see the roof of the car, which was almost submerged in the lake.