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
  • And that’s when the camera cuts away and the music drowns her out.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • The people who dwell in them, as a rule, don’t have mink coats to drown.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Make sure there's a hole in the bottom of your pot so plants don't drown.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Smith plays Lily, whose son, Daniel, drowned decades before at the age of 19.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
  • Yet the cheers for the Kings and boos for the Warriors were always drowned out by the home fans roars.
    — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The gnats will be attracted to the flame like moths and then drown in the water.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • Is this the poetic end for a man who left a kid to drown in a pond?
    — Kevin Sullivan, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Once Merritt was drowsy, Abby led her down to the beach and drowned her in the ocean.
    — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2024
  • These headphones will drown all that out and give you bliss.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Leaving seeds in the water too long can drown the plant embryo and cause the seeds to rot.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Thankfully, the games have been good enough to drown him out.
    — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Since then, roughly 100 people have drowned in the rapids.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The thing is, we get drowned in bar tools, accessories, and (eye roll) whiskey stones.
    — G. Clay Whittaker, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
  • So that's why that tends to drown out other kinds of chatter.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
  • At one point, Gladys tries to drown Norma in a bathtub.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The other group thinks that’s gross, not to mention a good way to drop your phone into the bowl and drown it.
    — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Keep in mind that a quarter moon will drown out some of the meteors.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The soap cuts the surface tension of the vinegar, so the flies that are enticed by the vinegar will sink and drown. 4.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Sometimes the best way to deal with sexism is drowning it out.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 23 Aug. 2023
  • In a final act of capitulation, the seven-year-old Song emperor, Zhao Bing, drowned himself to evade capture by the Mongol navy.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025

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