Example Sentences

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A new award for best traditional country album has been added, after some in Nashville felt that the more modern pop-country sound was drowning out artists with a more pure country sound.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

So I swam laps, thinking that having my head under might help, but it only made me feeling like I was drowning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

“It has drained away that fluid of grief that was drowning me, killing me,” he tells Myrna, who politely declines his invitation for a second date.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

At one point I thought I was drowning.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024

She kept reliving the moment when the wagon almost flipped, when she was drowning in the sticky darkness.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis