How to Use drown in a Sentence

drown

verb
Definition of drownnext
Synonyms for drownnext
  • The food was drowned in sauce.
  • She fell in the river and drowned.
  • Four people drowned in the flood.
  • She claims that he tried to drown her.
  • He tried to drown himself.
  • The loud music drowned the sound of their conversation.
  • The river overflowed, drowning whole villages.
  • Lured by the scent, flies enter the trap through the cap and drown in the water.
    — Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Two small children drowned over the weekend in the Phoenix area.
    — The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • He is found dead in a pool, where he has been shot, not drowned.
    — New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • Smith plays Lily, whose son, Daniel, drowned decades before at the age of 19.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • The thing is, we get drowned in bar tools, accessories, and (eye roll) whiskey stones.
    — G. Clay Whittaker, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Sometimes the best way to deal with sexism is drowning it out.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
  • See me over there by the couple drowning in each other on the bench under the pine tree?
    — Jim Moore, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But aim too low, and a collection can drown in a sea of Lycra.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Not even the shrieking wind could drown out the screams of Jamal’s passengers.
    — Kristen Gelineau, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • The decline of Lake Powell has revealed Glen Canyon, the gorgeous red-rock labyrinth that the reservoir drowned in the 1960s.
    — WIRED, 4 Nov. 2023
  • In this scenario, Spencer drowned and Sofia was left alone at the lighthouse screaming for help.
    — Caitlin Flynn, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Instruments and effects can sound out of place, vocals can get drowned out in the mix, and so on.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But this is a scenario that would only drown the nation in more blood.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The tribute comes three years after Rivera died at the age of 33 after drowning in Lake Piru, Calif.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Seeds are also being spread to regrow plants on land that drowned decades ago.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Too often the sounds of a shaker or blender drown out an artist’s performance, but not here.
    — David Dickstein, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The poets were mostly tragic women, one of whom walked into the sea and drowned.
    — J.p. Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • In the distance, the bare skeletons of trees that were drowned a century ago protruded from the lake bed.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • And then at the same time somebody who worked for Bruce, scraping barnacles off his boat, drowned.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 25 May 2023
  • Unable to swim and separated from their mothers, most of the pups drown.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
  • That storm killed almost a dozen people, who were trapped in their basement apartments and drowned.
    — Molly Taft, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Egrets made nests among the uppermost branches of drowning nut trees.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Among them is a 77-year-old woman who drowned while snorkeling in a lagoon at Poipu Beach.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023

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