How submerged does a reference have to be before it drowns?

“...how time first grounds us and then confounds us....give us enough time and o…”

“Indeed, isn’t the whole business of ascribing responsibility kind of a cop-out?…”

“The imagination doesn’t crop annually like a reliable fruit tree. The writer ha…”

“In my terms, I settled for the realities of life, and submitted to its necessit…”