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as in engulfs
to cover with a flood
whole villages drowned by the rampaging river
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as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry
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as in wets
to make wet
cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce
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Recent Examples of drowns
The Astronaut moves fast, driven by passion and curiosity that drowns out fear.
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Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Low and invisible ambient light under stormy skies typically drowns out the light that coronae emit in the visible spectrum our eyes can see, so their camera and periscope system made that lower light more visible.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Feb. 2026
First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
What should be a fast minimum viable product (MVP) becomes a bloated prototype that delays launch and drowns out real user feedback.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Walking through the stadium, the sea of red Indiana jerseys drowns out the orange and green of Miami.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Baseus Noise-cancelling Headphones These noise-cancelling headphones are a must-have for frequent travelers, delivering adaptive noise reduction that drowns out jet engine roar, crying babies, and chatty seatmates for peaceful flights or train rides.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
About once a year, someone drowns.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
On the same day that Ebun’s beloved cousin Monife drowns, Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Low and invisible ambient light under stormy skies typically drowns out the light that coronae emit in the visible spectrum our eyes can see, so their camera and periscope system made that lower light more visible.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Feb. 2026
First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
What should be a fast minimum viable product (MVP) becomes a bloated prototype that delays launch and drowns out real user feedback.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Walking through the stadium, the sea of red Indiana jerseys drowns out the orange and green of Miami.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Baseus Noise-cancelling Headphones These noise-cancelling headphones are a must-have for frequent travelers, delivering adaptive noise reduction that drowns out jet engine roar, crying babies, and chatty seatmates for peaceful flights or train rides.
—Gabriela Garcia, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
About once a year, someone drowns.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
On the same day that Ebun’s beloved cousin Monife drowns, Ebun gives birth to her daughter, Eniiyi.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drowns
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The clothes are loaded, water and detergent or a stain removal product are added, and the laundry soaks with minimal agitation to help loosen dirt and break apart stubborn stains.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
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Rain soaks everyone to the skin every day, yet no one remembers an umbrella.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Sweat that can’t escape wets a jacket’s layer of insulation and accelerates heat loss.—
Longji Cui,
The Conversation,
26 Dec. 2025
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But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The floating center console creates handbag storage and an available dual pane sunroof floods the cabin with light.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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The title floods the screen, in lavishly flowing script, a whopping 49 minutes into this 108-minute neo-noir, not far off the halfway mark.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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Water pools in your eyes as serotonin saturates your nervous system.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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Here, an easy sauce of olive oil, lemon juice, fresh rosemary, capers, and garlic saturates whole small red potatoes and crispy chicken thighs and legs in flavor.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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And believe me, a person who receives warmth, love, and care from us—who washes and styles their hair—is someone who walks back into the world feeling confident, inspired, and ready to spread kindness further.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2026
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The meaning of consciousness is immersion in multitudinous flowing tastes, olfactory rumors, vibrations, racing to understand before the ocean washes them away, these sensations like spherical and syncopated waves crashing against her hundred tentacles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, some of the visual scenery projected behind and above the set doesn’t always embrace but overwhelms the acting below.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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In practice, fluent dialogue quickly overwhelms reflective distance.—
Deb Roy,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Now Chambers waters three days a week, three zones at five minutes each.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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There is a dangerous high risk of rip currents along the Atlantic beaches, and a small craft advisory is in effect for the Atlantic and Florida Keys waters.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Drowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drowns. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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