drown
verb (used without object)
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
drowns
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present tense formof drown (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“As much as they say it’s about free speech, it actually drowns out speech.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
In the play—spoiler alert—Ophelia drowns in a river after her father is murdered by Hamlet, whom she may have been in love with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
"I don't think it increases awareness of them... the public at large have one thing in their head, and that's the Kiss Cam video. That drowns out all the other stuff."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025
One day soon, Americans will wake to the sight of families packed inside stifling stadiums after a Category 5 hurricane drowns New Orleans.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
Grief is an ocean, and guilt the undertow that pulls me beneath the waves and drowns me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
