drown
verb (used without object)
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
has been drowning
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present perfect progressiveof drown (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For years now, the manned space program has been drowning in conditionals.
From Time ā Jan. 28, 2014
Stories have swirled for years that bungs were commonplace in a national sport that has been drowning in cash since the breakaway by first division clubs to form the Premier League, in 1992.
From The Guardian ā Feb. 8, 2012
For nearly 150 years, ever since a women's magazine called Godey's Lady's Book began championing the cause of an annual day of Thanksgiving, the topic has been drowning in a syrupy sea of treacle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, they use a computer and software from McKesson HBOC, which have started to siphon away the sea of paperwork the small practice has been drowning in.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is as if he has been drowning for as long as he can remember and somebody has fetched him up for air.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
