drown
verb (used without object)
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
drowning
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present participleof drown.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It’s during a monologue in the seventh episode that we learn what haunts Wyck most: the guilt of causing his childhood friend’s drowning, which has weighed on him ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Mr Gittins recorded his cause of death as drowning and a conclusion of misadventure.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
And it is still, for me and for the strangers arriving on its shore, the difference between drowning and being born.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Cristian Capotescu, an associate director at Columbia’s Trust Collaboratory who studies social trust, noticed the loudest voices were drowning out a silent majority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I lost sight of it for a second, but the fifty-foot wave that raced toward the invading ship, dousing fire spouts and drowning fetterlings, let me know he had landed in the marina.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
