Examples of a watery grave in a Sentence
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Huge pieces of it are expected to survive long enough to plunge into a watery grave known as Point Nemo, a spacecraft graveyard in the Pacific.
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
The sneak attack killed 1,177 of Arizona’s crew, and the ship was beyond salvage, resting in a watery grave where oil oozes into the harbor to this day.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
In the episode, Morgan rescues her colleague Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) from a watery grave during a cat-and-mouse investigation in which the ‘Game Maker’ (David Giuntoli) proves to be the ultimate match for her high-potential intellectual mind.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
To get to the hole on the 141-yard par three, players must avoid the large lake encompassing the green – a watery grave for many a wayward golf shot.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Flowers for a watery grave Francis took his first trip outside the Vatican as pope to a tiny Italian island called Lampedusa, in 2013.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
On May 5, 1962, sea ice pierced the Quest’s hull, consigning it to a watery grave off the northeast coast of Canada.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Nov. 2025
The sneak attack killed 1,177 of Arizona’s crew, and the ship was beyond salvage, resting in a watery grave where oil oozes into the harbor to this day.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
In the episode, Morgan rescues her colleague Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) from a watery grave during a cat-and-mouse investigation in which the ‘Game Maker’ (David Giuntoli) proves to be the ultimate match for her high-potential intellectual mind.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
To get to the hole on the 141-yard par three, players must avoid the large lake encompassing the green – a watery grave for many a wayward golf shot.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Flowers for a watery grave Francis took his first trip outside the Vatican as pope to a tiny Italian island called Lampedusa, in 2013.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
On May 5, 1962, sea ice pierced the Quest’s hull, consigning it to a watery grave off the northeast coast of Canada.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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“A watery grave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20watery%20grave. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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