Both countries were largely submerged under a shallow sea studded with volcano islands.

It is now largely submerged, except for the hilltops of Curtis Hill, Mount Liz and Mount Pomeroy, which are now islands.

Those concerns were largely submerged earlier this year.

After forty days and nights of torrential rain, the city is largely submerged below water, a result of the devastating effects of continued global warming.

In Gondwana, England and Wales were largely submerged under a shallow sea studded with volcanic islands.

It is thus likely that within a century the nation's arable land will become subject to increased soil salination and will be largely submerged.

The issues it raises lie largely submerged.

He had had to give up theories because the facts had largely submerged him.

It is difficult to attack a target that remains largely submerged.

Bridgeman Island is the remnants of a much larger volcanic edifice that is now largely submerged.