John Millington Synge

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again.

Irish Poet

Alan Watts

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.

English Philosopher

Perez Hilton

In reality, I was drowning in negativity. I was stuck playing a part, too afraid to change, too afraid of losing my readers if I suddenly stopped being so mean.

American Journalist

Stephanie Ruhle

Having the responsibilities of family life forced me to drown out office politics and focus on delivering my best at home and work.

David Tepper

I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.

American Businessman

Penelope Spheeris

I was always into music. I think everyone is when they're a teenager, as a way to drown out the world.

American Director

Zig Ziglar

You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

American Author

Samuel Johnson

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

English Writer

Howard Jacobson

A book isn't noise to drown out other noise.

British Novelist

Lou Holtz

American Coach

Use 'drown' to describe actual incidents involving water, where someone might die.

Literal Meaning

'Drown' can imply accidental or purposeful submerging in water.

Cause of Drowning

While 'drown' often implies death, it can also mean coming close to it.

Not Only Death

Use 'drown' metaphorically to express an overwhelming amount or feeling.

Figurative Use

'Drown' suggests more than what one can handle or manage.

Expressing Excess

'Drown out' focuses on sounds that are made inaudible by louder sounds.

Sound Overpowering

Use 'drown out' when you want to ignore or override another sound.

Overcome by Noise

 to the Pythagorean's notion of a perfect universe. They imagined a reality that could be described with rational, numerical patterns. Historians write that Hippasus was exhiled for publicizing his findings, while legends claim he was drowned as punishment from the gods.

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 when she drowned herself at the age of 59. Yet, she expressed hope beyond suffering. Through deep thought, Woolf's characters are shown to temporarily transcend their material reality, and in its careful consideration of the complexity of the mind,

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 Drones can fly over massive land, but don't have enough vision technology to help us to track the changes of the rainforests. Security cameras are everywhere, but they do not alert us when a child is drowning in a swimming pool.

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 And when a disastrous flood drowns their home, the sisters band together into a massive living raft— carrying their queen to safety. But no matter how resilient, the life of a colony must come to an end.

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 can grow to 12 feet across they're also known as the dead man's crab because they've been found gnawing on the bodies of drowning victims now let's go eat a deeper this submarine can descend down

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 rehabilitation just a few days old Moya nearly drowned as a result he's developed a deep-rooted fear of water months of therapy have rebuilt his confidence today he faces a big

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 when two billion of the world's poorest were drowning in a lawless chaos of everyday violence?" I hope we can say that we had compassion, that we raised our voice,

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 At just a few days old, Moyo nearly drowned. As a result, he's developed a deep rooted fear of water. Months of therapy have rebuilt his confidence.

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 she'll sink and drown clinging for life she releases her eggs into the waves

Drown

Literal Meaning

Cause of Drowning

Not Only Death

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