How to Use drown in a Sentence

drown

verb

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Brooks and Johnson drowned trying to help rescue the two boys.
  — Alison Cutler The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 15 Apr. 2023
• Now, the 75-year-old spends his time trying not to drown in bitterness.
  — Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022
• Meanwhile, the original Alice finds Nick drowning his sorrows at a bar.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025