Example Sentences

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In the Republic of Ireland 26 people have drowned this year according to Water Safety Ireland.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

In 1926, she vanished at Venice Beach and was thought to have drowned.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, wasn’t a disciplined campaigner, but anyone would have drowned in Tuesday’s wave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

"If you'd never come for me, I might have drowned in the melancholy."

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Perhaps I would have drowned in wonder if Caroline, walking ahead with my parents, had not turned and called my name sharply.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson