How to Use submersible in a Sentence

submersible

1 of 2 adjective
  • Use any sort of small submersible fountain pump with a flow control valve.
    — The Pecks, OregonLive.com, 18 June 2017
  • Most submersible utility pumps are light enough to move around with ease.
    — Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020
  • In the niche realm of submersible pilots, females are even more scarce.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 July 2022
  • Attempts to shut down the leak using submersible robots to close valves fail.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Buy a submersible small fountain pump with a flow control valve at most any hardware store.
    — The Pecks, OregonLive.com, 18 June 2017
  • That's twice as deep as the depth that destroyed the Titan submersible last month.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • The face of one of the occupants is just visible through one of the submersible round ports.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The submersible will be designed to carry up to four passengers per trip.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The trip marked the first time the ship had been visited by a submersible vessel in 14 years.
    — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • This speaker is both waterproof and fully submersible in water up to three feet.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The person said the survivors were aboard a semi-submersible vessel when they were hit in the attack.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The missions have ranged from attacks on smuggling boats to the destruction of a submersible.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • OceanGate says the schedule allows for up to five submersible dives on each mission.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 May 2022
  • For the uninitiated, a sump pump is simply a submersible electric pump that sits in a hole, called the sump pit.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2021
  • This fun set of six wine corks with submersible fairy string lights will illuminate your wine bottles — full or empty.
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Foreign experts said the North used a submersible barge, rather than a submarine, for the launch at the time.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Cruise ship companies have also been getting in on the submersible action in recent years.
    — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 3 June 2022
  • The video includes images of the Alvin submersible approaching the ship and parking on its deck.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Such vessels are called narco submarines, semi-submersible craft used to ship narcotics across sea waters.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In the same submersible dive, the crew discovered Paraliparis em, or the sleek snailfish.
    — Lauren Liebhaber september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While the internet swarmed around submersible news and memes, some people saw an opportunity to make a few bucks.
    — Bella Ramirez, NBC News, 10 July 2023
  • The vessel was a submersible, long associated with the drug trade, which sits just below the water line.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Using a submersible, researchers filmed networks of anemones, starfish, and other marine life living on these weapons.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • These conditions apply equally to a submersible in the deep sea and a spacecraft beyond Earth.
    — Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 31 July 2023
  • The searchers used side scan sonar, a towable submersible sonar, cadaver dogs, aerial assets, and dive teams to look for New.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The oil enters through perforations in the pipe, then is typically forced up to the surface by a submersible pump.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • What lessons does the loss of the Titan submersible have for preventing spaceflight disasters?
    — Rick N. Tumlinson, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Over the course of the expedition, the submersible brought back more than 528 specimens for study.
    — Ryan Brennan march 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
  • He and the submersible crew were taken back to Cork, where Brady bought a bottle of Irish whiskey to celebrate.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2021
  • Marine scientists used a five-person submersible to learn more about the sand lance, a forage fish that is a staple of the chinook salmon diet.
    — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 16 Sep. 2018

submersible

2 of 2 noun
  • The name was given to a small submersible aboard the ship instead.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • What happened to the submersible?
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • What are some of the discoveries that submersibles have brought to us?
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Vescovo had strapped two to his submersible, one on each of the vessel's robotic arms.
    — Jeremy White, Wired, 7 Mar. 2022
  • In a submersible, however, researchers can reach the seafloor and stay there for hours.
    — Nell Lewis; Video By Earl Nurse, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • And what's the difference between those submersibles and yours?
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • An additional four can travel in the rear of the submersible.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • The submersible brought back more than 528 specimens.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The study’s authors see submersibles deployed during cruises as a way to help fill in some of these knowledge gaps.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The original plan was for an unmanned submersible to enter through a window or onto the ship's roof.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The company's 60-page plan called for an uncrewed submersible to pass through a skylight.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The team’s success is proof that animals can be successfully tagged in the deep sea from submersibles.
    — National Geographic, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Police have continued searches of the lake, using submersibles to scan the bottom of the lake, over the last few days.
    — SI.com, 2 July 2019
  • The five participants boarded the submersible and were sealed into the vessel.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • What a thing, to be in a submersible for the first time, separated from reef fish and gin-clear water by nothing more than a few inches of acrylic.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Taking a dive aboard a submersible to the deepest part of the ocean is a remarkable accomplishment only a few can claim.
    — Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Exploring the depths in style As for its speed, 10 knots may not sound very fast, but for submersibles, that is very hasty indeed.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The submersible is also equipped with high-resolution cameras.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Up to eight SEALs and their mission equipment can ride on the little submersible.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The wife and mother of two people who died on the Titanic submersible is sharing what she's learned about grief and life after loss.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • As a result, the sub is five knots faster than the average submersible and two knots quicker than a bottlenose dolphin, according to the yard.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In reality, the trek to Titanic requires a two-hour free fall in a submersible, plunging two and a half miles to the seafloor.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This marked the first time two distinct unmanned submersibles were deployed from a single Chinese research vessel.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025
  • So far as is definitely known, however, a submersible to be built for the United States will be the largest of all.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
  • As the surveys ended and the currents became too strong to fight, the surface vessel ordered our submersible to return to the surface.
    — David Keyton, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2019
  • The device is a small, homemade submersible using a paintball air cylinder, an oxygen meter and lead weights to keep the bird below the surface.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • In the late 1960s, a submersible named Alvin suffered a mishap off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The majority of submersibles are designed for tourism, with the ability to dive to 500 meters or less.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
  • OceanGate's submersible will take travelers down to observe the wreck of the Titanic.
    — CBS News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The center is home to a full-size model of the submersible Alvin, famous for its exploration of the wreck of the Titanic.
    — Brenna Donovan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018

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