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.
• 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
• Remember, when flooding is in your path: Turn around, don’t drown.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
• Put another way, why should the loudest voices drown out all others?
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• Whatever is keeping you up, white noise machines are designed to drown them out — gently.
  — Deanna Kizis, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
• This adds variety, preventing you from having a space where a bunch of similar plants drown each other out.
  — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
• Did Marilyn's mother really try to drown her in a bathtub?
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
• An aspiring chanteuse, Angel has been dumped by her boyfriend and has found enough alcohol to drown her sorrows — and then some.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
• But Willie Earl, consigned to the band with his trumpet, starts to drown himself in bitterness and heroin.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2022
• Staying true to his Polynesian heritage, Mafi liked to drown everything in mayonnaise, once even trying it on pizza.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
• The initial victim was Brian Jones, a founding member of the Rolling Stones who drowned in his swimming pool in 1969.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Once Merritt was drowsy, Abby led her down to the beach and drowned her in the ocean.
  — Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 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
• Keep in mind that a quarter moon will drown out some of the meteors.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2022
• While enjoying a summer vacation in Greece, a woman noticed a little kitten drowning in the water and didn't think twice before jumping in to save him.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024