water-locked

They were clustered on a narrow and almost water-locked section of the clearing.

Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010

He was thinking of small towns, and oddly, even before the flood, New Orleans always was a small town, a water-locked trap where absolutely everyone was a gossipy old woman.

My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

He was thinking of small towns, and oddly, even before the flood, New Orleans always was a small town, a water-locked trap where absolutely everyone was a gossipy old woman.

My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

Look! here, far water-locked; beyond all hum of human weal or woe; in these most candid and impartial seas; where to traditions no rocks furnish tablets; where for long

Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

The marsh was water-locked, the going was treacherous, and the boy would have been forced to stay clear of the few tussocky patches of higher ground where the footing was firm, but from which he could have been seen for miles over the flat land.

Sharpe's Regiment Cornwell, Bernard 1986

The tranquillity indeed of the little water-locked cottage was complete.

The Case of Richard Meynell Humphry Ward 1885

Look! here, far water-locked; beyond all hum of human weal or woe; in these most candid and impartial seas; where to traditions no rocks furnish tablets; where for long Chinese ages, the billows have still rolled on speechless and unspoken to, as stars that shine upon the

Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

In an e-mail exchange conducted in advance of the conference, Hay said foreign nations, malicious attackers, and malware makers know that most tax havens, especially those located in small water-locked countries, are behind the times when it comes to security.

CSO Bill Brenner 2010

In an e-mail exchange conducted in advance of the conference, Hay said foreign nations, malicious attackers, and malware makers know that most tax havens, especially those located in small water-locked countries, are behind the times when it comes to security.

CSO Bill Brenner 2010

NEW DELHI: The National Disaster Management Authority's response force is poised to launch a major operation using boats to deploy its personnel along with MCD workers to reach inaccessible areas under water in the vicinity of the Games Village and other similarly water-locked areas.

The Times of India 2010