barely submerged
Frequency: 5.05.5 per million words
Indicates that the top is just under the surface.
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Examples (10)
- The car was barely submerged in the floodwaters.
- The tip of the iceberg was barely submerged.
- He could feel the boat barely submerged beneath the waves.
- The treasure chest lay barely submerged in the shallow water.
- With the rising tide, the sandbar became barely submerged.
- The rocks were barely submerged, making navigation tricky.
- She spotted a curious object barely submerged near the riverbank.
- The training exercise required the divers to operate in areas barely submerged.
- As the water level dropped, the foundations of the old bridge were revealed to be barely submerged.
- The submarine's periscope was barely submerged as it approached the coast.