drown
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
This is one of my strongest soup opinions: don’t drown the thing you just concentrated.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
You may think the floor-to-ceiling speakers drown out your work gossip, but even at the loudest shows talking can be disruptive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Up ahead, even now, we might run into water which would drown the people tunnelling," said Dix.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He would have been saved if in his mad folly he had not cried out that he was one that the sea could not drown.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The crowd drowns in the second-long tension as they sit below teardrop-shaped papier-mâché stalactite hanging from handmade alien geodes on the ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
She simply drowns them out with the sound machine as she drifts into a deep sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Fans assumed that The Fate of Ophelia would tether Swift Shakespeare's story of a noblewoman who drowns in a fit of mania after being driven mad by grief.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
One day soon, Americans will wake to the sight of families packed inside stifling stadiums after a Category 5 hurricane drowns New Orleans.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
Leer nearly drowns trying to demonstrate a sausage.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Parts of Orange County, still a vast agricultural Eden, were drowned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
English accents were difficult to pick out around the fight venue and whatever travelling support he did have was comprehensively drowned out by Garcia's largely Mexican-American following.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The executives in charge of programming know that these movies will get watched simply because they’re on Netflix, and then they will be drowned by another wave of content.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Discovery nearly drowned in debt that it took on to finance its $43-billion buyout from AT&T in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Papá didn’t,” Delia whispered to Velia as they stared at the drowned man.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
The story, as it were, centers on a woman named Lisa Blupey, portrayed by stage veteran Jessica Vosk, who runs a small business selling socks but is drowning in financial statements and malfunctioning A.I.-powered platforms.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
I am drowning in debt, as the old saying goes, and I need to take action.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
In a news release, officials said an unidentified person who reported a possible drowning said White appeared to have an “unknown emergency” after entering the state’s largest reservoir to save the animal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Our mission, and our tasking is to rescue those women, children and men in danger of drowning," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
I thought of my mother, drowning in all that gold.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing drown
"Old World New World" and "The Log of Christopher Columbus"
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
