drown
verb (used without object)
to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
were drowning
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past progressiveof drown.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Cristian Capotescu, an associate director at Columbia’s Trust Collaboratory who studies social trust, noticed the loudest voices were drowning out a silent majority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
Operators were drowning in imagery, searching frame by frame for objects of interest that might appear for only a moment before vanishing.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
We went down that road until we got to a point where Alex was exceedingly unhappy and we were drowning in technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Remembering one unlocked another and then another until you were drowning in a tidal wave threatening to sweep you away.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
