But the sudden immersion into the serenity of Katanchel was more than welcome.

I expected the Rexy to splutter with panic at its sudden immersion.

The coldness of sudden immersion shocked her, her body going stiff as she sank.

Her sudden immersion into the world of celebrity here has forced her to cope with the British press.

He emerged, blowing and rasping from his sudden immersion in the coolness.

It was a sudden immersion in the scalding realities of life with cancer.

They were distressed when he flopped and flailed, too terrified by his sudden immersion to control himself.

Another theory is that it is sometimes set off by sudden immersion in cold water, but that clearly did not happen in this case.

A rapid movement toward and/or sudden immersion in a powerful light.

The water was chill, and the shock of the sudden immersion numbed them.