drowned out
Example Sentences
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Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti agreed that it "felt that female voices were drowned out" in the Epstein files coverage.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Those words might have drowned out the vociferous objections of Banka, who in October sounded baffled when he dismissed the Enhanced Games as a “ridiculous idea.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Playwright Jonathan Spector rewrote lines in “Eureka Day” because laughter drowned out key dialogue and backstage cues.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
That entire pseudo-event was one one of those blink-and-you-miss-it moments that get drowned out in the endless baying insanity of our collective reality.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
The shouting inside was drowned out by the sound of a thousand furious wasps as Babou drove the Bahrami family vehicle up to the curb.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
