drown
verb (used without object)
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
undrowned
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a word derived from
drown.
Example Sentences
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There was a substantial age gap between me and my siblings, and I could usually be counted on to keep the little ones undrowned, unelectrocuted, fed, watered, rediapered.
From The New Yorker ● May 25, 2015
He was here, undrowned, and the voyage had offered certain other amusements.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
We were always secretly hoping that we should come upon him in some secluded place, his staff unbroken, and his book undrowned.
From Under the Trees and Elsewhere by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Also read Silas Marner with its perfect picture of Raveloe, "an English village where many of the old echoes lingered, undrowned by new voices."
From Modern English Books of Power by George Hamlin Fitch
The utmost a bewildered Convention can do, is to veer, and trim, and try to keep itself steady: and rush, undrowned, before the wind.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
