half-drowned

British  

adjective

1. nearly dead or killed by immersion in liquid

   half-drowned crewmen lay on the planks

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Example Sentences

When youths age out of foster care, “we throw them in the river only to fish them out half-drowned downstream,” says Garen.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

They had been replaced by dead or dying half-drowned wasps.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023

In the opening moments of the show, Hazel flounders onscreen looking like a half-drowned mermaid — wet, disheveled, in a scaly green dress and smeared eye makeup.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021

Artists squat in half-drowned buildings and drink in speakeasy bathhouses; the office towers of midtown have been turned into apartments with their own docks, dining halls, and rooftop farms.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2017

I did not feel the tiger—I had no pre­cise idea of where Richard Parker was; it was pitch-black beneath the tarpaulin—but before we reached the next valley I was half-drowned.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel