Example Sentences

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Tens of thousands of these birds, with their 6-foot wingspans, take off and head south for the winter, their plangent trumpeting drowning out all other sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Still, Owens is currently drowning in an ocean of severe legal and professional crises.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

I was genuinely grateful, and yet … it was like coming out of a lake after nearly drowning to be met with clapping that you are alive.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The German Oceanographic Museum warned that the whale was at risk of drowning because it was so weak.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The child's disappearance was ruled a drowning, but everyone whispered about Nok's father behind his back.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat