drown out

1. Overwhelm with a louder sound, as in Their cries were drowned out by the passing train. [Early 1600s]

Example Sentences

In a voice note to the BBC explaining the context, Ali's words were almost drowned out by the noise and chaos at the camp.

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As the German entrepreneur sat pitchside at a sold-out O2 Arena for the season-concluding Final Four event, any online negativity was drowned out by thousands of screaming children and regular interjections from an air horn.

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But standard white noise mostly drowns out how government policies and the overall economic system keep enriching the already rich at the expense of people with scant resources.

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She says she has difficulty with eye contact and social situations and gets anxious around loud noises, wearing earbuds to drown out the noise.

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First, the Palace wanted to stop the cacophony of terrible headlines about Andrew that kept drowning out the rest of the Royal Family's work.

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Related Words

• hush 
• muffle