submerged; submerging
1
: to put under water
2
: to cover or overflow with water
3
: to make obscure or subordinate : suppress
personal lives submerged by professional responsibilities
: to go under water
Examples of submerge in a Sentence
After boiling the broccoli, submerge it in ice water to stop the cooking process.
The town was submerged by the flood.
We watched as the divers prepared to submerge.
She's a marvelous actress who submerges herself totally in her roles.
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What dessert really needs is to be put in a tin, covered with foil, tied with the littlest string outside of Cardi B’s thong, and then placed in the oven in a pan that is half submerged in water?
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
His co-star White, Strong said, was similarly locked in; the two barely talked on set, each submerged in their character bubble.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
As a result, Beirut has terrible air quality and is often submerged under a blanket of exhaust.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
His co-star White, Strong said, was similarly locked in; the two barely talked on set, each submerged in their character bubble.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
As a result, Beirut has terrible air quality and is often submerged under a blanket of exhaust.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for submerge
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“Submerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/submerge. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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submerge
verb
sub·merge
səb-ˈmərj 
submerged; submerging
1
: to put or go underwater
the whale submerged
2
: to cover or become covered with or as if with water
floods submerged the town
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