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Example sentences for "waterlogged"

Lexicographically close words:
waterings; waterish; waterless; waterlilies; waterline; watermark; watermarked; watermarks; watermelon; watermelons
  1. The waterlogged craft might be capsized in the trough of the waves, in which case the two men would either be stunned by the heavy woodwork or else have to choose between drowning or suffocation under the upturned boat.

  2. It seemed marvellous how the almost waterlogged "Roldal" had contrived to be swept over those dangerous rocks.

  3. For a brief instant the eyepiece of the periscope was turned in the direction of the waterlogged boat, then, having slowly and deliberately swept it all round the compass, it again scrutinized the two unfortunate men.

  4. Drenched to the skin, without food and water, and drifting about in a waterlogged craft on the North Sea in mid-winter, their condition was an unenviable one.

  5. Wasn't that the FBI computer whiz he'd talked about the other day at the hospital, after we'd deconstructed Sarah's waterlogged passport?

  6. As I flipped through the waterlogged pages, I came across a smudgy imprint, caked with a thin layer of dried river clay, that was almost too dim to be noticed.

  7. I took it, the cover so waterlogged its color was almost gone.

  8. An inrush of water under terrific pressure followed, and yet another of the Kaiser's boasted submarines had ceased to exist, save as a waterlogged wreck upon the bed of the Mediterranean.

  9. They had closed in around the waterlogged craft, each man gripping the partly submerged gunwale and lustily singing one of the latest ditties, just to emphasize the fact that they were very far from being down-hearted.

  10. Still farther away was the whaler, waterlogged and with only her bow and stern-posts showing above the surface.

  11. Let us suppose, for instance, the case of a stranded or waterlogged brig of about 200 tons, of which the lower masts and the wreck of some of the other spars are still available.

  12. Hoisting in the dinghy, and taking the empty, waterlogged cutter in tow, I steamed very slowly seawards to find the Intrepid and Nicholson.

  13. Soon the German forces on the west bank were floundering in a foot of water, while their guns were waterlogged and deep in mud.

  14. This engagement at Wytschaete gave a good illustration of the difficulty of fighting in heavy, winter ground, devoid of cover, and so waterlogged that any speed in advance was next to impossible.

  15. In normal conditions he was no light weight, and now, in his waterlogged clothing and wearing a cumbersome lifebelt, he was so heavy that the girl could do no more than lift his head and shoulders clear of the water.

  16. The violent motion lasted for quite a minute, then the maelstrom subsided, and the partly waterlogged boat bobbed sluggishly on the waves.

  17. Some were crushed as the sea flung the waterlogged craft against the ship's side.

  18. Her stem had struck a waterlogged tree trunk almost buried in the soft mud.

  19. Shading his eyes, so that the glare may not impede his vision for his next descent, he sits for a few minutes taking in the air, then, feeling rested, dives down once more into the heart of the waterlogged ship.

  20. At any rate I've escaped with life--though how I got off that waterlogged hulk I haven't the faintest idea.

  21. Here he was, on board a waterlogged hulk in mid-ocean without a scrap of food or a drop of water.

  22. It was probably once part of the front line which had become waterlogged and then abandoned.

  23. It was the old front line, now waterlogged and quite untenable.

  24. The boat was very heavy, and owing to her waterlogged condition pulled very hard.

  25. In fact, an experienced seaman could have told her waterlogged condition by the very "heft and heave" of her, which was sluggish to a degree.

  26. The water now grew deeper all the time, and the ship wallowed like a waterlogged raft.

  27. Nevertheless she may still be afloat though in a waterlogged condition and drifting about in the trackless wastes of the South Pacific.

  28. His silk doublet was wet and bedraggled, his cavalier's hat waterlogged and drooping over his face.

  29. She swiped at him with the waterlogged bonnet she held.

  30. Throughout the evening the wood was plastered with high explosive shell, and even the inadequate shelter of the trenches hastily dug, damaged and waterlogged as they were, was exceedingly welcome.

  31. The 2/3rd Londons were in reserve to make a dummy attack, with one company on the waterlogged portions of the front over which no advance was possible.

  32. In every direction the salient was by now a series of "shell hole lakes" the ground being waterlogged and the mud more glutinous than ever.

  33. The trees floated here, and were swept by whirlpools or strong currents into eddys where they became waterlogged and sank.

  34. The solid food on the table consisted of waterlogged potatoes, half-baked salt-rising bread, and salt-pork.

  35. The sailors and apprentices with pots of paint were perched at various points above and beside the ship; and it was no great surprise to me when one of the boys, much given to recreation, suddenly appeared in a waterlogged state.

  36. Presently I was disguised in the order of things as a film thug, with waterlogged cap sagging over eyes heavily inlaid in blackness.

  37. One dugout which had been taken for battalion headquarters was six feet long by four wide, and here in this waterlogged hole lived three officers of the Royal Scots to whom a day or two before I had wished "good luck.

  38. In a waterlogged trench, which we could not see, a German pumping-party had been blown to bits.

  39. Her donkey-engine began to work, and from the sea, with the water pouring out of her, was hoisted the waterlogged flying-boat.

  40. His description of her left no doubt but that she was the craft which had picked up Durango and his companions from the waterlogged flying-boat.

  41. With waterlogged and becalmed Christians or those who heaved to crafts expecting to drift to the celestial heaven, he had but little fellowship.

  42. After soaking two years and then lying high six months it was perfectly sound, though waterlogged past drying.

  43. She knew by the touch that it was of wood; but it was no waterlogged tree, although there was slime upon it It was not rough; but smooth.

  44. Once she had opened her eyes while diving with Bess, and she thought she saw a shadowy something on the bottom of the lake that was neither a boulder nor a waterlogged snag.

  45. Ross, whose knowledge of how to empty a waterlogged Canadian canoe prompted him to try a large, heavy boat.

  46. Manoeuvring his boat alongside the waterlogged whaler, Vernon gave directions for the belts to be lashed underneath the thwarts, so that they were completely submerged.

  47. Piloted by those who could swim, the men ranged themselves along one gunwale of the waterlogged whaler.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waterlogged" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.