| 单词 | drown |
| 例句 | “Almost half my kinsmen. River spirits drowned the giants in the end, but...” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But they continued to concentrate on the test, the scratching of their pencils failing to drown out the pounding of her heart. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When we had watered all the hives of Tiburon and sprinkled enough sugar to cause a human being to gain fifty pounds, we drove home hot, hungry, and nearly drowned in our own sweat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And the lake had drowned his friend Max Arnold, keeping him out of the war entirely. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Could be he took a hit to the head, then went over the side and drowned. Or maybe he hit his head after he drowned. Or while he was drowning. I don’t know for sure.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know there was that man who fell in the canal and drowned?” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Sadly, lies will often drown out the truth,” Ms. Washington says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The noises from the kitchen must have drowned out the sound of my entry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps if she was not nearly drowning from the rain, she would accept it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Did he one time have some brothers or sisters or kids or wife and they all got drowned or killed or something?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t even make it to Thanksgiving before he up and drowned in the White River during a thunderstorm. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Juana, in her woman’s soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z If she stuck to the woods that ran up the center of the island, she could be et by a bear or drowned in a swamp. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost drowned because my legs gave out on me while I was in the pool. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Trembling, I turn up the radio, and drown him out with the sound of the song, and the sound of me driving away. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was probably believed to be dead, drowned in the shipwreck that had killed his closest friends and Commander Brum. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You must go to El Sacrificio and take the drowned man back to his family.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She wanted to drown in the deepness of the Northern Sea, feel its gelid water seeping into her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The white celebration of Republic Day was drowned out by our protest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was simply reaching out for a drowning boy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Yet Summer gave answer, his deep voice drowning out Bran's thin one, and Shaggydog made it a chorus. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I put my headphones back on and turn the music loud enough to drown out every other sound, so I can finally fall asleep. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Then Juan Tomas told among the neighbors, “Kino is gone. If he went to the sea, he is drowned by now.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The telescreen—perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate—crashed into “Oceania, ’tis for thee.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The loud demand of the tensity of his own body was a voice that drowned out hers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The gunshot was drowned out by the cacophony of fire bells. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She kept reliving the moment when the wagon almost flipped, when she was drowning in the sticky darkness. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z McNamara tried to speak, but was drowned out by the shouting. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So many drowned men, the Drowned God will be strong there, Victarion had thought when he chose the island for the three parts of his fleet to join up again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was faint, almost drowned by the other noise, but I heard it the same way a mother can mark her child crying from a dozen rooms away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The gold I grant you,” the dwarf said, relieved that he was not about to drown in a gout of half-digested eels and sweetmeats, “but the Rock is mine.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rest of his father’s words were drowned out by a sudden clatter of wood on wood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Minho yelled, almost drowned out by the earsplitting sounds of the thundering spikes rolling along the stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z His voice was too low, drowned by clinking spoons and woeful moans. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "I ought to drown you with him, if you care for him so much." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “This one’s got a mean, runty look about him. You get that with dogs. I had Colonel Fubster drown one last year. Ratty little thing it was. Weak. Underbred.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But to quench the tormenting fire frying him in his clothes, he leaped overboard into the deep river where ere they could recover him he was near drowned. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "A year ago down in Mexico,” he told Gallien, "I was out on the ocean in a canoe, and I almost drowned when a storm came up.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A petite girl with long curly hair, drowning in a yellow T-shirt, is consulting a seerah book. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z There he lay, gasping on his belly like a half drowned rat. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit bolt upright in my seat and suck air as if I'd been drowning. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The whole plan would be pointless if she drowned before reaching the island. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The week before, a kid from Omaha had drowned. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I put my face in my hands, hoping to drown out the drums, the horns, the shouting. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A few strands of wire that stretched to that high overhead duct were all that kept him from drowning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Or took them out to the deep sea and drowned them? Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Finishing a conversation with Ms. Steinert always made him feel like he had just escaped from drowning. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I knew I wasn’t keeping up, but it was like drowning, in a way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then the citizens would rush in with buckets of water, and the fire was quickly drowned. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And my mother wept, and my father’s heart went soft, and he could no more drown me than himself—and they named me Nelly, for Queen Eleanor. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Wet winds howled around them and waves rose like the fists of drowned giants to smash down on their decks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He cut his hand, then. No more than four hours before he drowned.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I went to bed right after dinner, the BiPAP drowning out the world beyond my room. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Every time I see something like that...a man falls from a rig, there’s a well fire, guy drowns in a tank, I imagine it’s me.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There were those who thought that Vishniac would only drown the little Martians. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or where they drown you and make you confess,” Wylan said. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “We could drown ourselves,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The black night and the wind drowned out his voice. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I mean, you have to propel yourself, but they’ll keep you from drowning.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When the Zambezi was dammed, the water had pushed up into the river and drowned part of the shoreline. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The seas rose and tried to drown them with huge surging waves, but still they grimly wrestled the ship to their will. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s the best I could hope for between us, among the tension and the secrets that we’ve drowned in for all these years. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Yeah, he started screaming that he was drowning, then Don got him out and they left. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Thousands, believed to be working against God on behalf of the Devil, were put to death by drowning, hanging, or burning. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “At least the rain drowns out the sound of the wind,” Tali said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For a second, I think I hear an oink!, but it is soon drowned out by the cheers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A rotting, glistening hand, slithering back beneath a black cloak...a long, rattling breath from an unseen mouth...then a cold so penetrating it felt like drowning.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The rifle shots drowned out the splendor of the fireworks and the cries of terror drowned out the music and joy turned into panic. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It wasn’t so much drowning in the earth or the sea, but the feeling that he was sinking into too many expectations, literally getting in over his head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I try as carefully and as quietly as possible to scrape the rice kernels that cling like drowning victims to the sides of the bowl. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z We watched in horror as the people behind the glass began to drown. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh no? Did they ever tell you a story about a kid who went swimming right after he ate, and he got cramps, and he drowned?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In answer, the German song swelled mightily and drowned out “Auld Lang Syne.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It ends, ‘We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown.’ The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z All across southern England houses and villages were devastated, large buildings were swept away, farm animals were drowned, and as for people, the number of missing or dead was, for the time being, uncountable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z On my night shift I've begun to act out the final scene, where Martin Eden pushes himself through a porthole and dives into the dark water and intentionally drowns himself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I’m drowning again, only this time, Mom, I’m in an ocean.... Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, with a drowning feeling, I realize: he has an extra set of keys to all the rooms of the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages: bottles, pills, cubicles where we settled to move around papers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Sally was married and Max was drowned and his father was at home watching baseball on national TV. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The school bell rang loudly over the courtyard, and the students’ voices rose to drown it out in frustration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “He drowned in the river, and he was eighteen, Colonel,” Hobie corrected. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My head soaks through my hands now, and my words are quickly drowned. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But the back half is drowning in a sea of clothes—lots of camo and boots—and fast-food cups. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He thought about that weird partial prophecy Ella had recited in the attic, about the son of Neptune drowning. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The child's disappearance was ruled a drowning, but everyone whispered about Nok's father behind his back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z At the time I wasn’t even aware I was sick: any symptom, any fever or pain, was drowned by the clamor of my more immediate miseries. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We’ll drown this one in the crick on our way,” she said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the body of a woman facedown in the water, drowned and dead. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Siddhartha had wanted to drown himself in this river; the old, tired, despairing Siddhartha was today drowned in it. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The whooshing was getting louder, and I felt afraid for the first time, afraid that we might all get sucked down and drown in the mud. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After she refused to return home, Sky sent rain and lightning and wind to drown the first humans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She felt like she was watching a baby drown, unable to do anything to save it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Dumping a perfume bottle on her hair, she resembled a drowned sheep dog. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But my voice was drowned out by the man next to me, who asked, “Is he all right?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As Roy went down, he let out an involuntary cry, which was drowned by the loud, gaseous hissing of bus brakes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Not doing anything—just lying there together beneath the sky, the night here so well lit that it drowns out the stars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I doubted my grandmother blinked once during the news show—even when there was no more actual news to report about the drowning. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Certainly not someone on the verge of drowning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I stood watching the lighthouse beam wheel around and wash over everything—a million seabirds sleeping in the pitted cliffs; giant rocks exposed by the low tide; a rotted skiff drowning in the sand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The boat overturned and dangled, spilling all of the people into the deep black to drown. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The more she wailed about Pong drowning, the less likely the villagers would listen to Nok and start searching the riverbanks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Blood in a river, the river running red with it, the earth drowning in blood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "They said he drowned. But they didn't find him. They never found him. Do bodies disappear that way? Really?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maybe the fear and nausea was no longer a sea to drown in, but only a pool of water reflecting the past alongside the now. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The sound drowned out everything else, the walls were insulation for the next few hours, there was no need to talk or think. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Many others—maybe thousands—drowned while fleeing the country in small, crude boats. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Sleet drummed slantwise at the great rigid envelope of the craft, making a noise that almost drowned the clatter and howl of the straining engines, and obscuring the view of the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Big enough to drown a dwarf, I grant you. The Mander is as broad, though. So is the Trident, near its mouth. The Blackwater rims deeper.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She clung to him, hard, as if she were drowning, fumbling with his shirt, with his britches. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A steam engine whistled its deafening shriek, which completely drowned out all the other sounds of the station for a moment and made Hugo jump, as it always did. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Scoob freezes, heart thumping so fast in his ears, it practically drowns out the sound of the phone. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Afraid he was going to drown, he searched desperately for something to grab on to and spotted a bed floating nearby. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I know a well you can drown yourself in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Vodyaniye, the sinister river-grass spirits who lived in bodies of water and would regularly capsize fishing boats and drown the fishermen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Reg yelled, but he was drowned out by the chants of his name, repeating over and over. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I tried to scream, but the forest’s pained roar drowned me out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They snapped like icicles and spewed bile over forests, into lakes, drowning whole reserves and towns. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Ironically, he died shortly after he wrote the poem by drowning in the San Francisco Bay. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Had she drowned on the subway like thousands of others? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They repeated and repeated, drowning out whatever the small group on the other side of the rink said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Besides, it’s obvious he drowned. There are no other signs of trauma, no bullets, nothing. See?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “No. Please. Explain. I have judged you guilty without—” My words were drowned out by a terrified male voice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She heard herself scream, and then that was drowned out by the shriek of the wind as she soared even higher. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Misfortune still pursues us and this morning we lost another canoe and one of the boys was drowned. Today’s misfortune is a tragedy!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn't seem right to drown them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z For a time the howl will drown out everything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But Fernanda felt so moved that she thought she would go mad when Meme awoke at midnight with her head splitting with pain and drowning in vomited gall. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His deep bass voice threatened to drown everyone else out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He called upon his brother, the God of the Sea, to help him, and together, with torrents of rain from heaven and rivers loosed upon the earth, the two drowned the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Did she really think she could hide behind some borrowed notions of modern writing, and drown her guilt in a stream—three streams!—of consciousness? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The wistfulness in her voice drowned out everything else. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The wind drowned my voice and he did not answer. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His stereo volume increased to drown her out. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had started to answer, regardless, when his voice was drowned out by the rumbling of an engine. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “I mean—I don’t know why she drowned, Zu. But that’s what I always assumed. That it was a riptide.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In his fright he scrambled over the safety barrier that had been put there to stop chimps drowning in the deep water beyond. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Their lowered voices were drowned out by surrounding conversations and the echo of footsteps on marble floors. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Or he could pull her under and wait for her to drown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The three guests, drowned in the pounding beat of the phonograph, silently studied the rose-colored walls and the floral patterns on the linoleum. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And part of the caves go out to the river. There are whole sections that are underwater. You could get trapped and drown.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Ignoring my command to leave the drowned man alone, Juanita tugged at the dead man’s left boot and yanked it off his foot, almost falling back in the process. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “From all over around here, boys we grew up with…” The tall man’s next words were nearly drowned out in cries and shouts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Esther walked away from them, shaking her head and humming loudly as if to drown out the sound of Rivka’s voice. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched her drown meats in the hissing fire pool. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as if she were choking, drowning. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked over to where he fell and he wrapped his arms ’round her legs like a drowning man holding on to a tree in a flood. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The dread is filling my locked room and my mouth and my nose and my ears and my eyes and my lungs, and I'm drowning in it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody ought to die the way he would have—lying in a ditch, drowning in mud and whiskey and his own vomit.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “They’d drown staring up at the rain if you didn’t build a roof over them.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We hear the muffled rumble of the front only as very distant thunder, bumblebees droning by quite drown it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But Penelope’s reverie about the Imperial Russian Ballet was soon drowned out by the ruckus of two ruddy-cheeked servants careening dangerously around the nursery, while the children stamped their feet to keep time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “La Llorona drowned her children because she was angry at her boyfriend. And then she was sorry and drowned herself,” Matt said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another long silence, with the colonel dying and dying, drowning where he stood. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I squint and my heart gives a familiar leap as the invisible roar of viewers drowns out everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I vomited on a tangle of weeds, my retching and groaning drowned in the deafening roar of the MiG. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Unless he fell in the river. Unless he drowned.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of his blood drowned all else and then subsided. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If you get too caught up in the production of information, you drown in the data.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He’s been home much more since I almost drowned in his boat. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, there’s been a bit of an internal change,” Johanna said, but Martin’s whoops drowned her out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This is why we’re here, she seems to be telling me, you can swim or you can drown. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Bran came up with this: “Rich girl escapes while poor artist drowns when mega-ship sees only the tip of the iceberg and sinks as the crew rearranges the deck chairs while the band plays on.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Liquid putrefaction like drowned things floating like pale rubber flabbily filled getting the odor of honeysuckle all mixed up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He would drown them in clear, blue water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “At first I thought she did, but I bet she was faking, trying to get me close enough to drown me.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Not only had they broken her fall, but they had prevented her from rolling directly into the creek and possibly drowning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Eventually, Lourdes concludes that he has died in Mexico or drowned in the Rio Grande. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He went completely under, came up, went under again, and came up flailing and floundering with such wildness that for a few sincerely mortifying moments I thought he was drowning. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Langston Hughes’ poem comes into my head, drowning out her whispering that ain’t really whispering ’cuz Mrs. Robins can hear her clear in front of the room. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Could have drowned me but it didn’t and now it’s dying and I’m the one who killed it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Your definition is a whirlpool trying to suck me in and Vm drowning. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all executed, and the aunt whose thumbs were twisted off drowned herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The drums were pounding louder, as if to drown out a faint but spine-chilling screaming. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “You are not the first to try and drown me,” he told Duck, as he was pouring river water from his boot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Huffing and puffing around the track, I’d thought I’d never catch my breath and would eventually drown in my own sweat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Milo’s voice splintered into fragments, and he clutched at Yossarian’s shirt front as though drowning. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the fearful tempest which struck the Greeks after they left for Greece, Agamemnon came near to losing all his ships; Menelaus was blown to Egypt; and the arch-sinner, sacrilegious Ajax, was drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There is storm-music, and the fisherman drowns, sucked to the bottom of the sea in the vortex of the whirlpool. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He guessed this must be Grendel's blood—the monster had plunged bleeding into the pool and drowned. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our hands are tied behind our backs. We cannot swim. If you leave us here, we will undoubtedly drown.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The principal makes some comment, but the cheer that goes up in the hallway drowns out everything. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I was drowning and you threw yourself into the water without hesitation, without a backward look. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They were the same rocks upon which at high tide the dwarfs’ boat had overturned, on which Gilling had drowned. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It had never occurred to me on the timber that I might drown. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes old women knelt on the riverbank, begging the River God to return a son or grandson who may have drowned. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He shouts something up at us, but the music drowns him out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Seven waited to pass out, to lose all her strength and just drown. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They reached for her the way a drowning man reaches up at a passing boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even as my heart was still thumping loud, it didn’t drown out the sound of those chimes in my head. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He stood there perfectly still, the moonlight flooding him as if it would drown him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z She wished she had slipped off that cow-tail and drowned then and there and been done. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I heard them shouting in his bedroom where he’s sick. And my mother started the phonograph to drown them out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Out at the field. The new one. The illegal one, the symbolic one. He was half-down in the ditch, Pacheco was, soaking wet, almost drowned, when they found him.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t you know how easily you could have drowned?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The great drowned city of New Orleans didn’t come all at once, it came in portions: the sagging backs of shacks ripped open by banyan trees and cypress. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Bapi had gone missing, either torn apart in the storm or drowned, but gone nonetheless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z How many times had we heard of drowning victims turning up on its banks? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Dismay’s eyes rolled back in their sockets—Peach was drowning him. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The sound makes every part of me feel loaded with guilt, so heavy I could drown in it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I turn up my music to drown out the noise. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “So you wrecked a whole ship and tried to drown yourself just so they couldn’t catch you?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I sit on the bed and grip the water bottle in my hands like it’s a life preserver and I’m drowning. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the drowning of the nightmare, though. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I drown under the weight of the many stares. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She called his name, but the street noise drowned her voice, and Tariq didn’t hear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z My radio trick couldn’t drown it out, not completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The Congo River, being of a different temperament, drowned most of its conquerors outright. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “America,” historian Daniel Okrent has stated, “had been awash in drink almost from the start—wading hip-deep in it, swimming in it, at various times in its history nearly drowning in it.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z An infant can drown in water as shallow as a few inches. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I thought about telling everyone in town to stop their sinning, or drown and die. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was way over my head and Dad had to fish me out or I might’ve drowned. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The crash was drowned out by the thunderous blast outside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, think about it: drowning in an elevator in a skyscraper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I am drowned!” gasped the Old-Green-Grasshopper, spitting out water by the pint. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Less than 2 percent of people in the U.S. kill themselves by drowning, maybe because the human body was built to float. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Unfair though this may seem on the Muggle in question, it is nevertheless preferable to being burnt at the stake or drowned in the village duckpond. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Roberts shouted a warning to them all to be careful, but it was drowned out as the remaining students all joined the flow of people heading toward the main entrance of the building. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The gun jumped in my hand as it went off, but in that instant, the flash lit up her terrified face, an unfinished scream drowned out by the bang. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He ordered two stacks of hotcakes, slathered them with butter, drowned them with syrup, and was just about to dig in when Al Ulbrickson entered the room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If you jump into the river, you will drown,’ said the oldest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The view of the Péligre Dam and its immense lake and the land it had drowned was, so to speak, another mountain to Farmer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I was surrounded by hundreds of drowned children, heads in the water, their little feet in the air. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Many of the fans, eager to let Riddle know how they felt about the scratching of a week before, attempted to drown out any cheering with lusty howls. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to tell Percy the bad news, about a son of Neptune drowning, but he repeated the lines. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Hot tears had drowned April’s eyes and painful gulps climbed up her throat. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In his lap lay Frodo’s head, drowned deep in sleep; upon his white forehead lay one of Sam’s brown hands, and the other lay softly upon his master’s breast. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She laughed and reached her hand to Bodega, who clasped it like a drowning man would a life raft. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A widower in our village, Nestor Prendes, drowned because he refused to leave his house. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I remember hearing about a little drowned boy.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I can wait for water to fill the tank—and it’s already at my knees—and try to calm down as I drown. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z An occasional peal of drunken laughter drowned out the hoarse yells of tired children and the stoop chatter and the muted noise of a dozen transistors on different stations. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Lots of people in our street got drowned. There’s never been such a flood since Noah’s time, prob’ly.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Was this not the river in which he had once wished to drown himself—hundreds of years ago—or had he dreamt it? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I was scared of falling, of drowning in the water below. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “When a mestizo is drowning,” he says, “you throw a life preserver at him. When a longo is drowning, you throw stones at him.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I say, and I tell her of the day I fell off Mister Lochana’s speedboat and nearly drowned before I’d even had a chance to fully learn how to walk. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He knew Mrs. Lyte was dead and two sons had been drowned as boys, and girls had died in infancy—this he could read upon the slate gravestones of Copp’s Hill. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If someone got into trouble or was going to drown, no timely help would be available out there. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Just so you know, I wouldn’t have let you drown before.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Wine drowns my dreams, he might have said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That charming girl—the voice had accused her of drowning a child! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Count backwards from ten, another doctor says, And before you completely drown, everything goes black. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I bring Malia into the living room and turn the TV on to drown out my parents. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Around white neighborhoods the story went that the drowned boy was white and the stone thrower was black. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And just like that, I was starting to flail, tossed without warning into deep water, drowning and desperate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It trapped cows and pigs and sheep and drowned them in its muddy brown water and carried them to the sea. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She kept quiet about the other images, though, like the vision of Percy, Jason, and herself drowning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He drowned that summer—I believe he let that iron collar just take him on down,” Teenie told her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of it cascaded down on them, reverberated from one shore to the other, and utterly drowned out Bobby Moch’s voice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I found a music station and turned the radio up loud to drown out my thinking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Certainly there was no drowned child in her memory, no specific tale. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Alex tried to drown them out, but either the pillow wasn’t thick enough, or he knew the routine too well. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z One time last March, he dressed up as a battered drowning victim to commemorate the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z There all my shipmates, friends were drowned, while I hung on the keelboard of the wreck and drifted nine full days. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You know, maybe the puffin in the water isn’t bobbing around like a chump just because he’s trying not to drown. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The pain makes me light-headed, like I'm drowning in a bottomless lake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I looked at the body again, throttled and flayed and drowned and somehow made immortal in the process. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He leaned in, letting the drowned girl’s fingers clutch at him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Another cosmic joke for Gaea to laugh at: Annabeth dies trying to keep her boyfriend, the son of Poseidon, from drowning. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Henry was a drowning man casting about for something to save him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But my voice was drowned out by the sound of the lightning weapon firing out of the metal dragon’s mouth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was like struggling against a cold, fierce current, and she was afraid she would drown. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Emma recounted the whole story: how Miss Peregrine was kidnapped by Golan, how she nearly drowned in her cage in the ocean, how we’d rescued her from a submarine piloted by wights. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It doesn’t really make sense that she could just drown. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z An ache deep and wide as the sea threatens to drown my heart. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Illuminating the bags of food, the sack of silver and tableware, the thick wool blankets of the North, the gold glittering on the drowned girl’s fingers, shining like stars in the crackle of the campfire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But this man did not return her love, so she drowned her children and then herself.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The air was full of drifting smoke from the cookfires drowning in the rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The clapping almost drowned the music of Pa’s fiddle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “But when I was down in the mud, I remembered that line from Ella’s prophecy—about the son of Neptune drowning. I thought. ‘This is what it means. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Werner opens his mouth but closes it again; he drowns; he shuts his eyes, his mind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Harry got to his feet again and walked to where Ron’s enormous rucksack lay yards away, discarded as Ron had run toward the pool to save Harry from drowning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I mean, is there any way to prove that the reason she drowned wasn’t because of the Irukandji? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “And you said I drowned you,” she replied, coming a fraction closer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The only logical conclusion was that we’d gotten into trouble and drowned. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z However, his feet might freeze, or he might drown in dirty slush. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z She called out something else, but Mr. Levy’s roar drowned out her voice. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept telling myself I'd done my best, trying to drown out the little voice in my head that whispered, But did you really? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Some nights he dreamed he was drowning, unable to find the surface. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There was nothing to do about the problem, so he gritted his teeth and felt his belly grind on emptiness and promised himself he would scavenge a feast when they arrived in the drowned city. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His leg was so badly injured and he was so weak that he nearly drowned before the men could pull him out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z If the men didn’t drown in the rapids, those who survived would be left stranded in the jungle without food, weapons, tools, and shelter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Esther Hartlieb looked at her husband hopelessly as if he had to save her from drowning. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Some say you passed out and drowned in a bathtub full of water. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z If Raizel answered me, her voice was drowned out by the roar of waves. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I think I was trying to drown out the sounds of the annoying player piano, which I wanted to kick to death at the moment. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For a moment, the roar of applause drowned out the rough surf. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Everything went as planned — unless you count Russell’s failing to sink the raft, and Piper’s practically drowning trying to beach it — until Piper returned to the terminal to find Russell still out on the trestle. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Volantenes were fond of boasting that the hundred isles of Braavos could be dropped into their deep harbor and drowned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Marguerite, I have drunk poison and almost drowned and was buried alive before I escaped from Denmark. This is no lie, but truth,” I say, seeing her eyes grow wide. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Black water closed over him, and he knew he was drowning. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z She could sink to the bottom and drown, let the river carry her body away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Not only was the current swift, but the waters were laden with all kinds of debris: tree trunks, brushwood, drowned animals, and once the bloated corpse of a man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile, contemptible act. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I hate the water, prone as I am to drowning and drifting to Asia. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “You all right?” he asks, his words nearly drowned out by an explosion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Most of the children were shipped out of Marseilles, and about half of them drowned in shipwrecks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z You didn’t come this far just to drown in the dark. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Up to three migrants have drowned in a single day along this stretch of river. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “They don’t drown? Seems like it would be easy for crickets to just drown, raining this hard.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Drowning is bad enough, he reflected sourly, but drowning sad and sober, that’s too cruel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "They almost drowned me once over in New Jersey." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z If Alex went down there, into the water, and ran out of breath halfway, he would drown. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Christ! You could have drowned! They’re just supposed to throw you in the water in your underwear and run!” he shouted. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He was drowned out by shouts of approval. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Redoubled, the laughter drowned even the amplified record of their groans. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The creaking of the old mattress was drowned out by the TV. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If they hadn’t discovered the cup’s secret, she would have drowned in a cage. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “And none of his kind would complain. Even if they did, who would listen? Half that coast has been given up as drowned wilderness. Just malaria and convicts now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I feel like I’m trapped under a layer of ice, holding on to what little air I have, drowning under a cold, hard ceiling that’s keeping me from something that can save me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He would have been saved if in his mad folly he had not cried out that he was one that the sea could not drown. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the way her mother had described it when she went to see the place where her mother had drowned, off the dazzling coast of Hawaii. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Loras'll do for that blue—" a companion answered before a roar drowned out the rest of his words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “If they were so rich,” Nailer asked, “why did they build where they were going to get drowned?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A white boat-spider floated up with the river in the boat, struggled briefly and drowned. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The violent knife, the drowning waters, poison, and fever—I defied them all in my escape from Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I read one about a man and a woman who drown at sea but find they aren’t dead exactly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The jug of orange squash had ants drowning, so Moran held the paper cups while I poured the lemon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z On the inside every piece of me is drowned in hope. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Grandma says, I’ll go to the landlord’s office and tell them fix this before ye are all drowned entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They talked softly, but the words were drowned out by the crackles of the fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d even let Mother brush out my hair, trying to drown out her nervous, complicated instructions. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I began to feel like I was treading water, instead of drowning in it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It was bad enough they drowned porpoises and dolphins, but they also occasionally caught mythological animals. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He’s the one who drowned when they were boys back in Cuba. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z As Seabiscuit stepped onto the track, swinging his head left, then right, the fans erupted in a massive ovation, drowning out the bugler playing “Boots and Saddles.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I floundered under the water, my skin stinging all over, sure I was drowning. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The crofter’s village stood between two lakes, the larger dotted with small wooded islands that punched up through the ice like the frozen fists of some drowned giant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The truth, of course, was that any warnings he may have issued about the dangers of the lab’s physical environment were drowned out by his endless demands and tight deadlines for improvements to the machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “So what? I’m not everyone else. Maybe everybody else has drowned.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "Good, good. Perhaps you'd best change before you come to the table. You look like a drowned cat." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I think about her drowning and this thought slows me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But his breath—he gulps for air, as though this pain-water may be drowning him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He delayed washing up so that the running water would not drown out her voice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jeffrey probably started screaming from the start of the song, which was “Talk to the Animals,” but nobody knew it because he was drowned out by all the other voices. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you go get Pima now, I’ll forget you were going to let me drown.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “He’s probably been picked up already if he didn’t drown in that storm. It didn’t last long. I bet he’ll show up any minute.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At first I was terrified, shaking with the cold and the panicky flight of my heart, which seemed to be drowning as the poison rose up in my chest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, thankfully, Ernie yapped himself out and fell asleep, snoring so loud he drowned out the crickets and the frogs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Whites and blacks massed at the beach after Eugene Williams was hit by a rock and drowned. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All of us know, whether or not we are able to admit it, that mirrors can only lie, that death by drowning is all that awaits one there. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “An unfortunate crawler told us you drowned, Ripred,” said the king in a low voice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The kindness from her old bosses, from Mr. Giancarlo’s daughter, from strangers—it brings a wave of shame that threatens to drown her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Sarai imagined it empty, all those mazy lanes and mussed-up beds deserted, and she felt, for a staggering moment, as though she were drowning in that emptiness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Either way, she was stranded on a tiny island in the middle of a pond full of creatures who wanted to drown her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Dudley’s snores were drowned by the low rolls of thunder that started near midnight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the faint light coming through the rain from the landing window, they saw a peacock drowned and draped over a bush. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She was drowned out at that, the crowd shouting at her, and Moss recognized the start of a wave of panic in Esperanza’s mom. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She still had to get out of this river without drowning or getting electrocuted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On the other hand, if the vision of Bacchus offering her a silver goblet was false, maybe the other visions didn’t have to come true either—especially the one of her, Percy, and Jason drowning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fishermen who are the descendants of the Heike dress in hemp and black headgear and proceed to the Akama shrine which contains the mausoleum of the drowned Emperor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Biting down on my pillow to bear the pain, I spit it out, then said, “Milty Harper is seven, Ma. What’s he going to do, spit on us until we drown?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Easy to want a fish more than anything in the world until you almost been drowned. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t been this cold since he had nearly drowned trying to escape more than a year ago. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I take a few chicharrones, put them in a soft tortilla, and drown them in dark red salsa. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Crouched atop the rock that had sheltered him during the night was the rabbit keeper, wrapped in a black cloak so large it drowned her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To help someone who’s drowning, you put your arm around them from behind and kick your legs in front of you, moving backward like you’re doing the backstroke. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Taran’s throat was parched, waves of dizziness threatened to drown him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t like he fell; he had jumped, and if he drowned, trapped in his own golden robe, it would be considered a self-gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “And there ain’t no dog like a pointer for a man. I don’t know what’s come over people. But you wouldn’t of drowned them, would you, sir?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z So the vast ocean had its will with Aias, drunk in the end on salt spume as he drowned. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The raging waters, the screams of people drowning. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Was that the boat she was sailing when she was drowned?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The king stumbled into her arms, a sheet of blood creeping down the front of his armor, a dark red tide that drowned his green and gold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hum to myself to drown out his voice. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She became a sea-goddess, the one who saved Odysseus from drowning when his raft was shattered, and her son became a sea-god. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain is falling and night is falling in Moca as we pass, the palm roofs sagging, the soil soggy with drowned seeds, the drenched jacarandas losing their creamy blossoms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They found the pup racing around the well, and Rednose floating in it, drowned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The roar came again, if anything with greater intensity, momentarily drowning out all the other commotion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She would merely drown, and her spirit would wander without any hope of rejoining her relatives. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in his life, he understood what it was like to drown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Gold fabric and glittering gems are drowning in scarlet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s like I was drowning and I didn’t even know. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I am telling on her, and she was a spite suicide, drowning herself in the drinking water. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I finished with the early morning dish prep, I had practically drowned in soap bubbles. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My eyes fill with tears, and a yelp from deep inside me is drowned out by their wailing music. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He said to himself, If I am going to drown, certainly I would have done so by now. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z My eyelids squeezed tighter as I tried to picture the avalanche of applause drowning out Tamika’s angry tirade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Up in the emperor’s box, Piper cried out, but her voice was drowned in the roar of the crowd. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Father . . . please . . .” “— that we have rarely heard the like of it within this court,” said Crouch, speaking more loudly, drowning out his son’s voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His evil laughter trailed after him, until the wind drowned it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Begone from my house!” he roared, his caution drowned in anger. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Now that it’s not drowning in tears, her voice is kind of musical. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The drowned are lined up on the dock beneath canvas tarps. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If it wouldn’t get him in trouble, he’d probably come over here now and smash my head in with the bat for nearly drowning him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The Chinese are always very frightened of the drowned one, whose weeping ghost, wet hair hanging and skin bloated, waits silently by the water to pull down a substitute. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They see someone, and somehow they let the first impression they have about that person’s appearance drown out every other piece of information they manage to gather in that first instant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I had heard stories about the merfolk of the Undersea keeping drowned sailors, but I didn’t believe them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well, we don’t know anyone else. Just him,” I said, pointing at the drowned man and then looking back at the girl in the white dress. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z After she left, Jaime drowned his sorrows in study and work. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Buttercup was talking very fast: “Was he stabbed?...Did he drown?...Did they cut his throat asleep?...Did they wake him, do you suppose?...Perhaps they whipped him dead....” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She began speaking in the same expressionless voice as before, with lips barely moving, a mere murmur easily drowned by the din of voices and the rumbling of the trucks. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Before Jinx could retreat, Ned had him by the arm and looked about to drown him or punch him, or both. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It helps that it hasn’t stopped raining for weeks—freezing, driving, bitter rain accompanied by gales howling through the trees, so loud they drown out the sound of the train. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A huge rift opened up, the ocean rushing in with a roar that drowned the seabirds’ cries. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It’s not an ocean, where you can drown if you swim right after a meal. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She told Odysseus, who was at first inclined to think it all a trick on her part to do something detestable to him,—drown him, very likely,—but she finally convinced him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As six men lifted the body of the drowned man and started to carry him toward the house, the people around us started asking us questions. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I was sure we’d all drown, like cats in a bag.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Do not stop and think! If you think, we will drown!” shouted Fjalar over the roar of the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and try to drown out the sound, which seems so inappropriate now. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I look at Jamie, my eyes begging for him to save me, but he doesn’t seem to understand that I’m drowning. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Do the kids who’d drowned in the lake down the years mind me trespassing on their roof? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Some Keepers seemed to actually agree with Minho’s recommendation—like Frypan, who clapped to drown out Gaily, clamoring to take a vote. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In a given year, there is one drowning of a child for every 11,000 residential pools in the United States. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z She couldn’t even picture what that would look like, a drowning. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “You can revive someone who drowns! It’s possible. You kept me away.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It seems even less possible that she preferred to drown than to live with the memories of Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I do as well, cheering as loudly as I can in order to drown out the storm of thoughts brewing in my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The first time Pong nearly drowned, he woke up to a chicken. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Some years ago Nelson’s entire family, including both parents, numerous older brothers, and a spanking newborn baby sister, drowned all together on a trip upriver when their boat overturned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent down and kissed the top of her head as the guns roared, a loud volley that drowned out birdsong and wind and screams. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d seen the three of them drowning in that dark well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I thought of La Llorona, the legendary Weeping Woman said to have drowned her own children. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Like the day I thought I was drowning. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I lay like a man rescued from drowning, listening, still not sure I was alive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad is there in the beginning—Dad with his funny jokes about socialists and dogs and the roof that keeps liberals from drowning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Strange scenes swirled in my ocean of pesadilla, and each one seemed to drown me with its awful power. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She said this quite softly, and because people were still shouting, she was more or less drowned out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was cliff diving in Arizona and she landed wrong when she hit the water. Broke her neck and drowned. They said she didn’t feel any pain.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She had stayed away from Sula’s funeral and accused Nel of drowning Chicken Little for spite. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Pima tapped the drowned girl with her knife. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Dany filled his wine cup again, wanting nothing so much as to pour the flagon over his head and drown his complacent smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Searchlights sweep across the water, lighting up people swimming, drowning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t you have something better to do with your time than watching me potentially drown?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z What she was trying to drown, really, was noise. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Joe’s plan was to sing “Malaguena Salerosa” so soulfully, mournfully, sadly, and beautifully that after the first verse he would need a rowboat in order not to drown in the mob’s tears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The worst thing that can happen to me now is that I drown in this tank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I thought drowned people were found after two days. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “She’s close to shore. We don’t need to go so deep into the drowned city.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I could still hear those two fussing after I passed the foundry, but then everything got drowned out as the 1:10 from Athens approached. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to watch her drown in her own poison. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Anya had heard stories of vodyaniye attempting to capsize smaller boats or drown people who got too close to the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He had taken on the face and form of Ceyx drowned. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When he pulled himself ashore, he could see people drowning in the water, screaming as they fought to stay afloat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But not even the Nightbeast could save them from a drowning death now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My hand was on the faucet, ready to drown the stupid thing in water and fry it for good, but something stopped me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She was drowned; and the strait was named for her: the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s too risky. The last time you tried that, you nearly drowned.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I reached for the rope without thinking, trying to seize it from Sender’s hands so that I could haul Yakov up and keep him from drowning. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It took a certain degree of agility, and she was eighty years old, weakened by staying awake for twenty-four hours while floating near her ceiling, thinking only that she might drown in her own home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z All at once the voices of my dogs were drowned out by a loud roar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The noise of the machines drowns out the dying. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He had to get Derek down to the raft and on it without hurting him, or worse, drowning him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I blare Alabama Shakes in my headphones to try to drown it out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I shivered, unable to escape their drowning, endless depths. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The truth was vast enough to drown in. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Over here. I need help. My dog is drowning.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was a kid he watched a horse drown in Turtle Lake and disappear. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She and the twins had only learned how to swim at Abuelito’s insistence, which had been prompted by her father’s drowning. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The gold on the drowned girl’s fingers glittered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t drown,” Percy said, though he sounded like he was asking a question. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The crowd was roaring deep in its gut, ocean waves that lapped at the ring, that drowned all pain and all feeling, drowned all sound but the drumming of leather against flesh. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Am I correct in saying, Horace, that paragraph four on page four of your autopsy report identifies drowning as the cause of Carl Heine’s death?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z For revealing that secret, the great Pythagoras himself sentenced Hippasus to death by drowning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A purple discoloured face—a hideous drowned face.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Dicey strained to hear what they were saying, but the motors drowned out their voices. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were going to drown,” she says, the edge of hysteria in her voice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Worms squiggled frantically from a billion holes in the ground and drowned, their pale bleached bodies floating everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Strange stuff, the dropsy drown you,” I whispered. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I could shout that my mother was his sister, and that he tried to drown me because of that.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in the garden, on this windy night, it's enough to drown out two people who are trying not to be heard. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Both groups would blast their music as loud as they could—the Temptations and Marvin Gaye trying to drown out Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A crocodile killed one, and two of the other three drowned. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Good, Z thought, because the whirring sound of a chopper grew louder, drowning out anything she had to say. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She was crying too, and I’m sure she was thinking: We didn’t come all this way for you to drown in this lake. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The boy was thirteen and had seen enough people slumped over a plow, or stilled after childbirth, and enough drowned children to know the difference between the quick and the dead. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I squirmed away, but Art’s spicy aftershave drowned out the smell of alcohol and pond scum. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I was as if drowned in the river. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I’m standing there on the riverbank skipping rocks when next thing I know I’m drowning. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Fire!” other voices echoed, but the hoots of derision almost drowned them out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It was me,” I said, the tears drowning my words. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z As did the little hedgehog, who was staring into the water of the fountain as if he were about to drown himself in it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she placed her hands, vertically, over her eyes and pressed the heels hard, as though to paralyze the optic nerve and drown all images into a voidlike black. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Then it was drowned out by sounds from another conjured remembrance—crickets, then gunfire, then silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “They’ve brought us all this way to drown us and get rid of us here.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z To stop being a “foster child,” the quotation marks dragging the phrase down, almost drowning it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Grinding engine noises from passing trucks only partly drowned out the mournful bellowing of some doomed cattle just a few yards down the road. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The pond was full of naiads who liked to drown people, which meant she needed a sturdy boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The salmon began to drown in the air, gasping for water, and then it thrashed and twitched, and now they were carrying a panting Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The noise got louder and louder, drowning out the honks and rattles echoing from busy Commercial Street. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z Let it drown, Harry thought, his scar burning almost past endurance, please... let it drown. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I want to drown him in the bloody sea!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z My whole body went numb and I almost couldn’t breathe, like I was drowning, and then I felt like I was gonna faint but I didn’t. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes are worth drowning in, and her mouth speaks to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You might have been convinced you were going to drown, but I knew you’d do just fine.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If I did that, I would never come up; I would drown under it all. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I remember seeing you. It was like I stopped drowning for a while and saw you, and then started to drown again. After that Mama was there, and Daddy.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Had I considered my prospects in the light of reason, I surely would have given up and let go of the oar, hoping that I might drown before being eaten. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. It’s far safer anyway. Barges are always hurtling into that causeway. We’ll plunge into the lake and drown.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was watching cartoons, trying to drown out the teen voices by raising the volume higher and higher. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Knowing I was in no danger of drowning, I paused to catch my breath and listen. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Already an excited voice was gabbling from the telescreen, but even as it started it was almost drowned by a roar of cheering from outside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Enjoy it, Rufe. At least he’s not out setting fire to the stable or trying to drown himself.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m not a very good swimmer; so I was always afraid I’d sink and drown, and they’d never, ever find my body. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Long before he could swim or paddle to the far shore, he’d be pulled into these rapids and drowned. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’re too late. He’s drowned,” she wailed as she stood watching me struggle with her son’s body. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The number one country in the world for drowning, accidental or otherwise, is Russia, which has twice as many deaths as the next highest, Japan. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It’s my one expertise that even orbits the world of sports; Anthony tried to drown me once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z So I whispered into my desk, “Strange stuff, the dropsy drown you”—which was cheating a little, because I put two together. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z And all of it was just wreckage for the drowned girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z After a moment's silence he said very quietly: "So you did drown that kid after all?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe I’m about to tell you this. I secretly think I’m going to drown.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I heard that a boy drowned here last night. Do you know anything about that?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z This individual was so nearly destroyed that he had passed into that calm, quiet mental state that immediately precedes death by drowning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanako felt if she let go of her brother, they would both drown right in the middle of the living room. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His only daughter, Violet, drowned on the eve of her wedding, and two years later his troubled wife deserted their home. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He drove his boys hard, but he wasn’t about to let a boatload of them drown in the middle of Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We clung to each other as if we would save ourselves from drowning. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For a moment he thought she’d drowned the girl, but then he saw a flash of pale clothing on the rocks at the base of the island. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to drown in blood or muddy water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The sound of her own voice drowned out the steady drone of the tires on the endless, twisting road. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The band made its traditional circle around the stadium, not even remotely rattled by the tireless efforts of the Nimitz fans to drown it out with their continued rosaries. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason, I thought you may have drowned! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “So did I. If you are not ready in three minutes I will come in and drown you. I want my breakfast.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “I have chosen for you a traditional drowning. We shall take you to the river. I shall submerge you until your life leaves you.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z If it was important, she and Daniel would step onto the balcony, where the noise of the traffic fourteen floors below drowned out their whispered words. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The boy was lost in the lake and drowned. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The pirates were bitter enemies of the trading fleets and perfectly willing to kill or sink an entire cargo as revenge for the drowning of their own ancestral lands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yes, it all comes back to me now,’ said Frodo: ‘the tremendous roaring. I thought I was drowning, with my friends and enemies and all. But now we are safe!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Most of the songs were heavy, sad love songs that made you feel like you were drowning in tears. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I can’t breathe, like I’m drowning in the tears I refuse to shed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z When it rains, you are nearly drowned and wish to be dry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If we didn’t reach it soon, our muscles would fail and we’d drown. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z That I didn't shoot him, or bomb him, or drown him, or do whatever it was, precisely, that caused Bas to no longer exist. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In another I was drowning again, this time in the middle of an ocean as the water raged around me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Whatever came next was drowned out by the electric grinder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sore-riddled woman had gotten to her feet, was sprinting toward the front of the bus, waving her arms wildly, screaming something drowned out by the sounds of the storm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z We can drown. everything drinks water for life. i have even seen burds birds sipping drops of water from a leaf. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Always someone falling in on holiday nights. Drunken poets and little children. Lucky she didn’t drown.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Phillips said he was a good hunter and he set up the tents and managed the sails. Once, he even saved Clark from drowning.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “They drown before I can reach them. It is my nightmare, my destiny, my fate to search endlessly for them by night only to find them drowned with the sigh of morning.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She summons one stone and clings to it, a drowning woman, then summons another and another until she cries, “Mami, I grieve in my dreams.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z These drowned voices you hear aren’t coming from classrooms, but through the partitions between life and death. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I learned to drown out the sound during the day, but at night it screamed through the hole in my chest. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She told me that the first mouse to break the rules would be drowned in a bucket of water by the hall-porter. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Dreams of drowning in warm turquoise water; dreams of abandoned cats walking across her body as she slept; dreams of strangulation by serpent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean that. You could have killed her! She could have drowned!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “But—but Security will drown if I don’t go get him,” he had said. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Dinah was scratching against the inside of my pocket, but all the sounds around me were drowned out by the voice pounding into my head. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Dawn was just breaking the sky into pale gray, illuminating the floating docks and the distant mist-shrouded structures of drowned Orleans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I lost sight of it for a second, but the fifty-foot wave that raced toward the invading ship, dousing fire spouts and drowning fetterlings, let me know he had landed in the marina. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “If you choose to drown in loneliness, go ahead, but don’t claim she wasn’t our sister. We’re not just friends, we’re family.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Staphopoulos had taught her how to save a drowning person, how to get the water out of someone’s lungs, and she did everything he had taught her to do. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z But as Nailer stared into the drowned girl’s pleading eyes, they might as well have been his own. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Grandma Sands had said one little boy drowned here, not six! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The birds were singing as if life depended on making noise, and I didn’t care at all that the Pierce would drown out their songs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I wanted to enjoy our time the way it has always been for as long as possible. What’s coming is coming, mi cielo. Why think about drowning before we reach the river?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I’m awake, I’m drowning, and I don’t know how to control any of this. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Long dark hair and blue eyes you could drown in, and he had. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mildred, leaning anxiously, nervously, as if to plunge, drop, fall into that swarming immensity of colour to drown in its bright happiness. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan had no great love of the High Blade, but he also didn’t want to see the man drown. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But all the talking is drowned out by sirens. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The voices around me are a mess: some nasal, some off-key, and both are drowning out those of us who could possibly be on key, like me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And then, poor fool, he thought I would drown — I, who couldn’t drown when I was three hours old! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z His voice was drowned out by the racket in the kitchen. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Only the plan is to run out into the smelly millpond and drown us both. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “If she gets down in that old tree top, she’ll drown.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And while the ice was melting to form a flood in which I threatened to drown I awoke one afternoon to find that my first northern winter had set. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He finds friends who can help identify migrants who drown in the river, so their families can be contacted and their bodies shipped home. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Good. The band will drown out the noise.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The roar of the approaching train drowns Mateo out a little at the end there, but it’s fine, I get what he’s saying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He stepped into the washroom and drowned out any possible answer by the splash of water. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I retrieved my bike from the sidewalk, a wave of confusion drowning out the cheers from the crowd. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have believed your rebel lies. I should have taken Ruth and run the night we landed. Even if we drowned, we would have been together.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z They never stopped bellowing, but their howls were drowned by the noise of the engines. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Glenn Burke doesn’t get the credit he deserves because a lie drowned out the truth, his truth.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Earlier that day, in fact, Ulbrickson had canceled a workout rather than have his boys risk drowning out in the far lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The crocodiles, though, swam away into the middle of the river, to the place where the first girl had drowned. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Jesse took Prince Terrien across inside his jacket, but the puppy was growing so fast he might pop the zipper any time and fall into the water and drown. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The fountain spurted a few inches into the air from a rough length of pipe, threw up its hands, collapsed and drowned its ragged dribble in a stone basin of yellowing water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But there is something about the drowning naval soldier that bothers Helmuth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Once the shock wore off, Mom got around to listing the various ways Zooey and Charlie were ruining their lives, and Charlie’s only defense consisted of shouting loud enough to drown her out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We escape into the crowd, and moments later, we are drowning in it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He could drown, freeze, or be pecked apart by seagulls. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Helmuth is intrigued by the sinking ship, by the drowning sailor who clings to the naval flag, by the debris floating about. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The survivors, in massive numbers, threw themselves into the sea and drowned. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now she’s trying to drown me,” he exclaimed in mock horror. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Amen to that! It was butt-freezing cold. Plus, you almost drowned me!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z In fact, I find myself focusing up at the sky—the only roof left — because too many memories are drowning me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Percy,” she said, “that prophecy might not have been complete. Frank thought Ella was remembering a burned page. Maybe you’ll drown someone else.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I seized the wrist of the first man I came across, gripping on like a drowning sailor as he scowled in disgust and shook my hand away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But cheers erupted from below and drowned out his words. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "He was up there! Dog, cut through them and bring—" A tumult of sound drowned his last words, a rolling thunder of rage and fear and hatred that engulfed them from all sides. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Middle of winter I almost drowned in a cow pond when I was little, maybe eight. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s how drowning people must feel in the last few seconds, when they finally stop fighting and sink into the water’s embrace. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z From East Egg, then, came the Chester Beckers and the Leeches and a man named Bunsen whom I knew at Yale and Doctor Webster Civet who was drowned last summer up in Maine. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “But the cause of death—unequivocally—was drowning. Is that right? Am I correct?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a poem written by the Drunken Genius, Lee the White, who drowned one night when he tried to embrace the moon as it appeared on the lake. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as dangerous to think about that as to think of tunnels flooding and people drowning in the subways. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The sound is deafening, drowning out anything and everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was drowning out people’s voices, like I was underwater. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I decide not to tell him that I ended up being sent back to tadpole after almost drowning another camper while I flailed around in the deep end. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It was hard to tell if the man had drowned or if the ugly gash on his forehead had done him in, but he was dead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to keep it light, trying to bring them back up after almost drowning in the tide, but it felt forced. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When my father finally began yelling at me for disgracing him in front of an important guest, Harry started banging out Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg on the Pegasus to drown him out. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Somehow I find the strength to move my feet, and when I’m alone in my room with the door closed and my thoughts drowned out with music, I open the letter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z After a few more times shuttling loads of food and fuel up to their camp, they finally hauled up the drowned girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The washers and driers in the basement laundry room rumbled well past midnight, and in the wintertime, the oil burner that kept the entire building heated drowned out all the other sounds. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Or maybe I just don’t want to drown?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The end of my sentence was drowned out by another roar from the crowd. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z If we stayed down here, we would drown together. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z For months, I’ve tried to forget what happened, but it comes back in flashes and specks, no matter how much I try to drown it out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The fire flickered before him, casting light on Pima and the drowned girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Terror screamed through my mind, drowning out any thought. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A great loss, however, was the death of the trusty pilot Palinurus who was drowned as they neared the end of their perils by sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Got pregnant, was turned out by her mistress and went and drowned herself. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z “It’s so high the impact of hitting the water mostly kills them. But if it doesn’t, they just drown anyway.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Thomas was drowning in a sea of confusion. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Nailer had seen a man on heavy crew drown that way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s chilly and unnaturally quiet—if Abby weren’t with me, I would have to drown out the silence with music. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z You could drown in three inches of water on your own. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Fury roars in my head, loud enough to drown out my every other thought. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It depends how you go. By road, yes, it’s probably closer. But all the roads in Albion are drowned now. By water, everything is changed. By air, I think we’re exactly halfway.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Now, faced with the reality of him, and of the silver ring on his finger, she was frightened of becoming used to him, of drowning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Drowning Game goes like this: If Mom and Dad were drowning, who would we save first? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps he thought that a drowned chicken was fair game. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Dorian drowned in the cold rage that lay inside of him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Nailer turned and peered down the length of the train, looking ahead to where the towers of drowned Orleans would eventually rise. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Dr. Spires is just finishing up with a furry patient,” the voice said, drowning in syrupy-sweet kindness. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Sunflowers floated in the apothecary bottles, their petals pale and bloated like drowned fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He woke up thirsty in a private room, drowning in ether fumes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Tally looked away, trying to drown her uncanny pretty feelings in the sea of white weeds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “The world is made of water, and drowning is an ever-present danger. We must help each other. Let’s be problem solvers together.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Sunlight that she could bask in day after day if she got her freedom, sunlight to drown out the endless dark of the mines. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was as if he were drowning and she were standing on solid ground. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “I think he just drowned, like a few hours ago. He doesn’t smell and he’s not swollen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It seemed like a strange reason to be called into the world—to drown, to be saved, to drown again. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Let it have drowned, Harry thought, let it have gone wrong. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Their boat had capsized and the English child had drowned by accident. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She sighed and took deep breaths like someone rescued from drowning. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But how would she explain to her children, as they watched images of the city drowning, that their father was there by choice, paddling around in a secondhand canoe? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I know exactly how it works. My parents drowned! I am an orphan! There is nothing to eat at the county home except for bologna sandwiches! And that is one way the world works.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z It w'as a dull pop, a sound drowned out by the dishes being washed next door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I’m drowned out by the rest of our team piling on top of us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He started to say more, but the words were drowned out by a noise like huge fingernails scraping metal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I found him unconscious, face down in a ditch. A little more and he would have drowned.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The fire alarm is drowning out my cries, and I’m choking, but I still call for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I know—nobody’s drowning here. But why does everybody want to talk to you?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The sequence was illogical—the drowning scene, followed by a rescue, should have preceded the marriage proposal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It felt like everything was rising up in me, like I was drowning in this weirdly painful joy, but I couldn’t say it back. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A pale form floated half-submerged upon the surface; in the shadows, it took the shape of a drowned man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She did not like to handle them, squashing the spiders the way Bloom squashed them—she usually opted for drowning. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He always crosses with one or two other migrants, in case he slips and starts to drown. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The sight of the drowned farmland, the result of a dam that had made his patients some of the poorest on this earth, was Farmer’s lens on the world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Winnie blinked, and all at once her mind was drowned with understanding of what he was saying. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He probably has more to say, but everybody bursts into applause and cheers, drowning him out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Obviously not all dogs drowned, because she herself had a dog. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brenner kept knocking, and I slammed my palm against the door to drown her out, matching her rhythm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She herself had written a tale in which a humble woodcutter saved a princess from drowning and ended by marrying her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then came quails in honey, a saddle of lamb, goose livers drowned in wine, buttered parsnips, and suckling pig. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The keeper controlled the water’s release from the hopper, and used it to produce a sensation of drowning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To have naiads drown her, or to fall victim to a spell protecting a forbidden island? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And then on the thirty-seventh day, she went and drowned herself in the lake. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Whatever else Mrs. Clarke intended to say was drowned out by the rising wail of a most unpleasant sound—high-pitched, unhinged, emanating from the vicinity of the piano yet entirely unmusical. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He felt like he was drowning in the flow of her words. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z There was only a tumult of water around him, under him, over him, blinding him, strangling him, drowning him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Dylan starts to say something more but laughter drowns out his words as Lara and a group of her friends surround our table. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Or that he had thrown himself in the sea, where he would drown. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She finally started to cry, but luckily the mountain drowned out the sound. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘You just take this monkey child of a monkey mother out, and drown it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “One drowned right off,” she said, nodding her head in the direction of the door, which had just slammed shut behind Willie’s back. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There we sat high up above the floods and watched the drowning of Isengard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It’s gone wrong, he thought. . . it’s drowned. . . please. . . please let it be dead.. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Speaking figuratively, they were soon chronic alcoholics, men who lived by violence, through extreme action and sensation, through drowning daily in a perpetual nervous agitation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Her wings had gotten wet, and she was drowning. So I plucked her from the water and wrapped her in fern fronds to dry.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He wasn’t just concerned about the political disaster if a servant of the elves drowned within sight of the palace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The faint vibration has already been drowned by the faraway whine. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I followed her, my heart drumming loud enough to drown out all thought. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you go and drown the twins for all their craziness?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m praying I don’t drown like my parents and sis. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If she remembered, it wouldn’t be that hard—the same, really, as rescuing a drowning swimmer in murky water. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He fell face down into the plate filled with bones, frothing at the mouth like a dog, and drowning in moans of agony. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was hard enough for Joaquin to keep himself together, keep his heart and mind above water in a tide that wanted only to drown him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The girl who drowned the slaver cities in blood rather than leave strangers to their chains can scarcely abandon her own brother’s son in his hour of peril. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Even his hair was bigger—a massive globe of blue-black frizz so thick that his lobster-claw horns appeared to be drowning as they tried to swim their way to the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I drowned four of ‘em right off. She couldn’t feed that many.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z We cupped our hands over our ears and tried to yell at one another, but our voices were drowned in the din. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The sight brings on an oppressive sadness that no car about to hit you or water about to drown you can match. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z What if a worker had fallen in and was drowning, being smothered by the disgusting, bitter goo? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z After these dreams I do awake, and I know I’m really awake because there is the wreath, on the ceiling, and my curtains hanging like drowned white hair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z How could a child of the sea god drown? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A hidden door cracks open to reveal a small office drowning with circuit-phones that look like endless rows of candlesticks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The very moment I put hammer to chisel with the intention of finding NoahandJude, my mind goes to the day Noah almost drowned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If I left her on her own, she’d drown in dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The shouting inside was drowned out by the sound of a thousand furious wasps as Babou drove the Bahrami family vehicle up to the curb. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And that made me wonder how long the animals could last before they drowned in the open air. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My heart is thumping so loudly, it drowns out the sounds of laughter in the other room. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z There were hundreds in the water, drowning or burning or doing a little of both. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She shoots Mr. Talk-a-lot a look and turns up the volume on her phone to drown him out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Those whom fire has spared are drowned by water; the man rescued from the water is saved only by air tainted with pestilence; and the survivor of war is ruined by wasting sickness.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He hoped I would wash overboard and drown. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When she tried to speak, her voice was drowned in the dim stillness, and she had to try again to make a sound. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he tried to catch a boxcar and got flung into the pond and drowned. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We cling to each other like survivors of a shipwreck, astonished that neither of us drowned. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Neither one answered, or if they did, the howling wind drowned out their responses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Somehow he was able to free himself from the debris but was now in danger of drowning. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The altar boys stood in an arc around the priest as he recited a list of a hundred twenty-nine names, Haitian refugees who had drowned at sea that week. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We let the clackety-clack of the T drown out any chance for conversation. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z When my father saw I was a girl-child, he took me up to drown in a bucket of water. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Then the little gurgling laugh came again, and the rising mad sound of it drowned out the voice, and then suddenly absolute silence. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you need an excuse? I’ll shout for help and go under. You couldn’t just stand there and watch me drown, could you?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Exactly. He was done in by a combination of strangulation, drowning, disembowelment, and a blow to the head. Seems rather like overkill, don’t you think?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He would open his mouth to defend Chester, but before he could say a thing, the words were drowned in Mama’s flood of reproaches. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z If he still had light bulbs when everyone else in Ember had run out, would he enjoy sitting in his lit room while the rest of the city drowned in darkness? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The crowd was determined to drown out the poor announcer, who became progressively more frustrated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “The bar where I come from played music all the time to try and drown out the Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Only when I stopped did the slick, dark stuff of it come floating around my face, catching my arms and throat till I began to drown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Surviving in the drowned streets of the Orleans would be impossible. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The drowned girl’s dark eyes focused on her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel was drowning in mud, one hand on the bow, Percy’s hands around her ankles, deep in the darkness. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When be swept it over Tyrion's shoulders it enveloped him head to heel, with a cowl that could be pulled forward to drown his face in shadows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Even though it was years ago, I think he still remembers how I tried to drown him in a bucket when Prim brought him home. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Again, what would have happened if the boy had drowned? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He explained all this to them while they huddled in a room far underground, where the water would seek out and drown everything in its path. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Finally the beast made his way over me and jumped into the backseat, which by that time only held the drowned man because fear had set the rest of my sisters into motion. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I’m freaking out already, a hundred thoughts immediately drowning out everything around me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then she could answer all their buzzing with sage words of advice, instead of drowning in questions. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z We listen to their steps in the corridor before they’re drowned by the sound of the rain outside, still coming down hard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Here a great-uncle drowned when he was three. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I press my palms over my eyes, trying to push back the tears that are about to drown out my vision. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “You said don’t drown—so I found someone to help me keep my promise.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He’d driven his car off a cliff and had drowned in the Spokane River. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Hermione began hotly, but her next few words were drowned out by the sudden whooshing noise from overhead, which announced the arrival of the post owls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I thought drowning must be the kindest way to die, and burning the worst. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But there are easily a couple hundred undead moving toward us, many newly turned and moving so quickly that for a moment a dark wave of fear threatens to drown me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She threw her paintbrush into the jar that held her turpentine and sat there looking at the drowning woman. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s impossible to be cute or aloof while thrashing around in abject fear of drowning. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The chaos that followed drowned out any single response; people stood, shouting angry responses at the woman, while side conversations began to spring up, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She was so pale that she seemed to shine in the darkness; the long blonde hair streaming down her back gave her the look of a drowned person. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The story did spill out when he talked to Eugene Williams’s mother as they grieved together at the funeral of his drowned friend. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But the sounds of dissent were quickly drowned out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Shawn began to explain the name, so I started laughing—loud enough, I hoped, to drown him out. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Fear drowned out grief and that night we packed clothes and dishes and loaded them into a farmer’s wagon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I had two weeks off for winter break and I drowned my sorrows in music, I stayed up late reading, I trained hard, and I drew ugly, unimpressive things. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “They hurt my brother. They poured hot sauce down his throat and almost drowned him in the bathtub. You should ask him about it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There are worse ways to die than drowning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And then he nearly drowned you,” claimed Mother. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Hermione’s remonstration was drowned by a loud giggle; Lavender Brown had apparently found Ron’s remark highly amusing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The world was spinning around me, so maybe the alcohol in my blood would prevent my survival instinct from kicking in, and I could drown peacefully without all that unnecessary flailing and screaming. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Alex thinks their main shared life experience is probably wishing they could set that quote adrift on the ocean between them and watch it drown. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And when I was underwater and almost drowning, the Blue Fairy opened her arms to me and smiled. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z These arms have rows of suckers underneath them and they can drag you under and hold you there until you drown. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was dead when I got here. I tried to bring him back the way I brought you back when you were drowning. I failed.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Here, now, he is just Elias and I am just Laia, and we are, both of us, drowning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know how to tell you. I saw the room down there filling with water. I saw the three of us drowning.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When he saw her the detonation almost drowned him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They chant that they want to kick every last one of them back to where they came from, kick him back with them, let them drown in the ocean with “Smuggler Kwang.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It drowned out the sound of the drums. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Hard to imagine her legs once strong, the bones hard and parting water, clean sharp strokes, not bent and wrinkled like a baby, not drowning under the sticky yellow light. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The village wasn’t unaccustomed to deaths by drowning. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And sometimes you fall in love that way, when you’re drowning in a world of pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “He has not used these rooms since the night she was drowned,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Woods with a river running through. And there was a boy drowning. I saved him. That’s how I got wet.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes is convinced he was killed in Mexico or drowned in the Rio Grande. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As the crowd realized what had happened, a great shout went up that almost drowned the sound of the whistle that signaled the end of the game. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Auntie Fatmata screamed, her voice drowned out by thunder as I stood outside, hoping that the lightning wouldn’t strike me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She watches TV: migrants drowning in the Rio Grande, dying in the desert, ranchers who shoot them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Why won’t you drown?” he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As it was, she left a pitched wake in which I felt I would drown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She started off the “Happy Birthday” song but soon was drowned out by the boys, who screamed it rather than sang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t know which version of the story is true. You either drowned yourself or turned into a flower hanging over the water or—Echo, which is it?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Judge Byrne said, “Thank you very much, gentlemen, for your efforts,” his voice drowned out by the bedlam in the courtroom. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Up ahead a hunting horn sounded a quavering note, half drowned beneath the constant patter of the rain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And their loving man was any man, any morning, noon, or night—when one left town they got another—men could drown, it seemed, in their warm flesh and they would never know the difference. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Mrs. Castle came close to the glass like a drowned face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They looked like drowned feet, swollen and boneless, except for the color. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could drown my whole body in it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And then they could not imagine how parents drowned their daughters, as they knew farmers in China often did — bathing the baby, it was called. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Stumps and dead boughs were rotting in the shallows, the remains it seemed of old thickets, or of a hedge that had once lined the road across the drowned valley. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “That’s how we’re going to go, isn’t it? We drown. Just without the water. Our own fluids will do the dirty work.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He’d almost drowned last summer in the Sea of Monsters, and he couldn’t swim very well with his goat hooves. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But it takes only about thirty seconds for a child to drown, and it often happens noiselessly. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The crush of stampeding kids pushed me deeper and deeper into the snow, and I kept thinking, can you drown like this? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Twisted and leaning pillars reared their splintered stems above the flood, but all the roads were drowned. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She waved at the drowned ruins, and a flash of ocean. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Her skin crawled at the thought of Håkon drowning, and she shook her head harder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A long beep drowns out all the other noise. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The roar of the truck drowned his voice before he finished, and the truck was gone again through the falling snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “A little drowning never hurt anybody,” says the boy who once warned me that the sea was merciless and unforgiving. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Taran saw the warrior stumble back and drown in the press of struggling men. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z At every few moments the fury of the crowd boiled over and the voice of the speaker was drowned by a wild beastlike roaring that rose uncontrollably from thousands of throats. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Instead they were drowned in the applause that greeted the players as they stepped out from behind the curtains. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It’s blood he drowned on, Bran thought numbly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Had never worried about drowning in the ocean, even in heavy surf. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been a long trip,” I said, trying to deviate the conversation away from the drowned man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps I would have drowned in wonder if Caroline, walking ahead with my parents, had not turned and called my name sharply. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To, even for a second, drown myself in her beauty even though I don’t look a thing like her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He carried it to the sink and there he drowned it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The candle flickered one last time and died, drowned in its own wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He tried to grab me to keep from drowning. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran up the stairs and inside, thankful that the clanging drowned out their laughter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Of all times for Frank to turn up the TV to drown them out, couldn’t this be it? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It seemed like a boatless river frozen there in the raw light of the high white arc-lamps; you could drown trying to cross it, he felt; it was too wide, it was too open. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Horrible things. The worst kinds of torture. You drowned me slowly. You burned my heart from my chest. You blinded me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Keep me from drowning in this fearsome water. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I pretend I am drowning, letting the sea take me under. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I used to think that if I jumped over, it would not be like falling, it would be more like diving; that if I died that way it would be soft, like drowning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The memories he’d kept hidden away in the back of his mind came like a flood, threatening to drown him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Roy caught his mother around the neck and held on to her as though he were drowning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The roar of the audience drowned out my own cheers for the thirteen newly selected members of the USA women’s junior team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She levered the drowned girl out of the cabin and down through the canted corridors of the ship until they spilled out the hole in the hull. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It might have comforted Ruth to talk to God, but it made me feel like I couldn’t breathe, like drowning, the diving wells again. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Jenna starts to say something, but her words get drowned out by a helicopter flying overhead. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She could have stepped in front of a truck, drowned in a puddle, been seized by a mercenary with foulness on his mind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z My words trip over themselves and drown in my tears. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z And, Lord knows, we were drowning in pecans—sixty acres of them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “They found him at the fairgrounds. He fell into one of the lagoons and drowned.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We found a quiet spot by the hammock, where the music was loud enough to hear but didn’t drown out our conversation—though we were both too focused on eating to talk much. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He always turns the volume way up when Amá and I are arguing, as if he’s trying to drown us out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Now,” I spoke more gently, “tell me, did you see me again when the draperies started to burn? I mean, did you see me the way you did when you were drowning?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It is that—despite all my plans to witness their martyrdom for my own gain—I cannot watch them drown. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He started to cry, his sounds drowned out by the wind. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z If drowning was to be his last experience, then let him experience it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Tried holding it to candle flame, drowning it, boiling it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was just a dream I dreamed as I was drowning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Moss yelped when it dug into his arms, but the pain in his fingers quickly drowned it out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When I finally got into the dance room with the other guys, we turned up the music and did our best to drown out the reverberations of the many basketballs hitting the floor. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Sam yelled and brandished Sting, but his little voice was drowned in the tumult. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Carson was her brother. He drowned last year.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She smelled his face on his wedding day, his tears when his son drowned at the park. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Later that day, when I got home from school, Dad told me two terrapins had drowned in my pots. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “You will drown us all!” a woman shouted. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z There were times when I would just put my headset on to drown out the chatter in my brain. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z His eyes, widening pools, pull me in like I’m going to drown. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Pima found another dead half-man in the upper decks, strapped to the wheel and drowned. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The hurt knocked all the air from my lungs, and I choked, convinced the two of us were about to drown. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The rain pelted from the roofs as if the sky had promised the sea to drown the city. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The uncertainty alone felt like a threat, a thing that could drown us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I was too afraid to splash water or even to cry and take a chance of drowning out Bailey’s pleas for help, but the pleas never came and the whipping was finally over. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There are confirmed stories of drowning sailors being pushed up to the surface of the water and held there by dolphins, a characteristic way in which these marine mammals help each other. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t heard of a boy rusalka, but drowned men had to go somewhere. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She had been the brewer’s wife, but he had drowned two years ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Snored so loud, you plumb drowned the wind.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Great fatigue washed over me like a tidal wave, drowning my anger. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “My ma had a sister who fell through the ice and drowned when they were young.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Max opened his mouth to say something and Bigger drowned out his voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But when my dad gets a beer from the Frigidaire and goes back to the TV couch, all he says is, “Be careful. I couldn’t stand it if you drowned yourself.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was that which she had taken for a clammy hand, a drowned hand come back from the dead to squeeze the life out of her! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I was freezing, my stomach was doing double flips, and each fresh wave felt like it was going to drown me, but so what? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I really wanted to go see where some kid drowned and now By was choosing this time to listen to what a grown-up told him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither could Grayson, especially when he got a load of the kid drowning in his clothes. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to you two? She looks like you drowned her. Nice work, Jinny!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Afterward, though, I felt like I had killed part of myself—I began to drown. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “If I was as suck as you, I’d drown myself. Oh wait, you already did that.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That will drown about two hundred thousand people,” Kissinger replied. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She opens her mouth to speak, but her voice is soft and her words are drowned out by the fork’s ghastly moans, so I never hear her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Instead, she turned to look at the drowned man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She knew she didn’t have to worry about Sammy having drowned. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Haskel tried to speak, but no words would come, only the heaving gasps of a drowning man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘If you blew this dream into my bedroom when I was asleep, would I really and truly start dreaming about how I saved my teacher from drowning by diving off the bridge?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout Pakistan, more than two thousand people drowned, millions lost their homes, and seven thousand schools were destroyed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Wintergreen struck open a water pipe while digging in one of his holes and almost drowned to death before he was fished out nearly unconscious. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mom was painting a picture of a woman drowning in a stormy lake. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He even offered to row them there, but he wanted too high a fee and so instead they went the long way, threading around drowned and rotting streets, down floating boardwalks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The cub had managed to swim across the channel in low tide, but a surge of high water could reach the cave and drown her. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds jumped from the cliffs near Marpi Point or waded into the ocean and drowned before our shocked Marines could reach them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain people are supposed to be the ones who burn up in fiery crashes or drown in the rapids of a river in the middle of the night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They had fallen into the Thames and drowned. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I drowned in recollection of the cop’s hateful look, the way he’d shoved my face into the ground. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Above our heads, gulls wheel and cry, unaware that the queen mother nearly drowned just a dozen yards below. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Then you know all of our money is going to bill collectors for credit-card accounts and old loans. Sam may have a job now, but we’re in the negative. We’re drowning in debt!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Luckily he was a strong swimmer; he didn’t drown. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When I was five, my momma tried to drown me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I think it was on to drown out all the commotion the pink Lady Kenmore washer was making on the porch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The music of the harp and the happy shouting of the warriors echoed out across the dark fen and drowned the crying of birds that flew in the night. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z According to eyewitnesses, he swam for a few feet before he suddenly sank and drowned. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Dr. Malone felt like a drowning sailor being thrown a life belt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I live in a house, with window curtains and a lawn, in British Columbia, which is as far away from Toronto as I could get without drowning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Moms sat on the edge of the pool while their youngsters splashed and played in the cool water, keeping a close eye to make sure no youngsters drowned. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Shallow enough for him to be revealed in lantern light, but deep enough for him to drown. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When I get back this summer, I'm going to take you swimming and drown you. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Half drowned and filthy, he had been sent back to the start by the sergeant. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I was afraid to let go, afraid that so close to deliverance, in two feet of water, I would drown. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It is not known whether she really thought she could go against the decrees of the Fates, which Jupiter himself could not do, but certainly she did her best to drown Aeneas. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung to the willow branch and did not have strength to pull myself up but 1 knew I would not drown now. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He tried to escape from Robben Island by boat, but drowned before reaching shore. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe even they get drowned out by the madness. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He wrapped himself in the sound and drowned in the warmth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The steps to prevent drowning, meanwhile, are pretty straightforward: a watchful adult, a fence around the pool, a locked back door so a toddler doesn’t slip outside unnoticed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z According to the man at the garden center, Theresa’s geranium had died of drowning; they got a new one, the same color, and vowed not to water it more than once a month. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He falls to his knees and halves the brief remainder of his life by yanking out the arrow and drowning in his own blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They hadn’t drowned the night before and Genie felt unexpectedly relieved, like he wanted to make a ribbit or a...or a...whatever sound crickets make, himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She still held on to Ivan’s arm, praying the underground river wasn’t full of debris and roots to catch and hold them until they drowned. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Any further speech was drowned by hearty cheers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They’re dilated, frightened, drowning in wartime memories, maybe drowning in his own dreams of his daughter, my mama. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The pastor's voice is ice water on my soul, and the wave of fear I've been fighting to hold back threatens to drown me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The men speculated that when he went over the waterfall, his body must have been pulled underwater and beaten against the boulders, drowning him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z More shallow bottoms moved out from the drowned wreckage of the city, sailing in a slow wallow to the big ships. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Our Royal Navy'd never ever ever leave Britons to drown like that. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Is it so? I wonder. If you would sooner drown in wine, say the word and it shall be done, and quickly. Drowning cup by cup wastes time and wine both.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His wife was Ran, into whose net those who drown at sea are gathered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had really died, perhaps he had been drowned and was reborn in another form. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z She spoke to fire, and it promised it would not burn him; water gave its oath never to drown him; iron would not cut him, nor would any of the other metals. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The pleas of drowning men echoed in his ears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Someone may have drowned here, he thought grimly—at the same spot where he could very well die of thirst. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And now Mustafa practically lives in the bathroom, shaves, gels his hair, and drowns in cologne. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I’m trying not to worry about it as we didn’t hear a lot of names because the guards commenced beating on the bars with their nightsticks, drowning out the men’s cries. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And there’s the other variation: If we were drowning, who would Dad save first? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z All were slain save those who fled to die, or to drown in the red foam of the River. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A little radio was up on a shelf blaring out some song in Spanish, but their voices drowned it out as they sang along. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It had become a blind race into darkness, under a moon drowned in heavy clouds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They made empty, hollow, drowning sounds as they sank. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Some say that the Pythagoreans tossed Hippasus overboard, drowning him, a just punishment for ruining a beautiful theory with harsh facts. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The chopper crashed in the sea, and Mills drowned. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Little banana-bubbles drowning deep in jam and nobody to help them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There are worse ways to die than drowning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The driver stumbled back against the bed of his truck, his words drowned out by the thunderstorm of noise that had settled over the three cars. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was still thinking about the lines of prophecy the harpy had recited—about the son of Neptune drowning, and the mark of Athena burning through Rome. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And for a second, underwater, I nod off, asleep or maybe even hoping to drown. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z All was obscurity and cold, and I thought I would drown. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It’s like she swallowed a wheelbarrow of drowned adorable kittens. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z On the other hand, she didn’t see how that image connected with the vision of the drowning room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This was part of the ritual of drowning fearful or unpleasant thoughts. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The redoubled hooting and shouting drowned out the bugle call that announced the start of the count. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A flood that threatened to drown me if I didn’t fight it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Clara asked her granddaughter to take the boy out to play in the garden and make sure he did not soil his clothes, drown in the fountain, eat dirt, or play with his fly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see why humans succumb to the beautiful nightmare of the Court, why they willingly drown in it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Or perhaps she was already drowned, and her fear came from that knowledge. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A couple of drunks and wild teenagers had drowned there, and people at the Owl Club said when their bodies floated back to the surface, they’d been literally boiled. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At night, after dinner, Sunny and I drown out the laughter, soft talking, and long silences coming from behind their closed bedroom door by turning up the television. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon riot police stormed the scene, pushing against the crowd with riot shields as if they were going to push everyone into the sea and drown them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It looks as if he’s been drowned, Brother. Quick, get some help and bring lanterns. Hurry!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One started to say something, but her words were drowned out by the roaring laughter from all around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, when he’s been underwater so long I feel certain he’s drowned, his head pops up right next to me and I start. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The fish that almost drowned me and then saved me and then took me for a ride, and then nearly killed me all over again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Here are some cases where adding that can rescue a drowning sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In five seconds the water’s at her waist, then at her neck, and then she drowns, never knowing what the hell happened, or how such a horrific thing is even possible. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was like he hadn’t heard one word of my story about almost drowning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “We took the drowned man’s money,” she admitted quietly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Most assuredly. The pond can be a hazardous place. Return there now, and you would find friendly naiads beckoning you near the water in order to pull you under and drown you.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Instead they stood around outside, looking up at the sky with their beaks wide open and the rain ran down their throats and drowned them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If the gods wanted him, he would sooner die by drowning than choking on his own vomit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There is one way to help him,” Cole blurted, but his voice was drowned out as Edwin revved the engine to steer the boat out away from the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Today, sounds and voices are muffled by a liquid fear so overwhelming I could drown in its waters and no one would ever know, sinking down to the depths of some bottomless trench. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I whispered, hoping that the whirring fans overhead would drown out my voice. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “That’s a shame. Sheep would run into a river and drown to outrun a wolf, but I can’t see that many sheep twisting themselves up in wire no matter what’s chasing them.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z For a few minutes he thought he’d made a horrible mistake in embarking in the canoe, and that they’d be drowned for sure; but what else could they have done? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If they were looking up when it was raining, they’d drown. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the men’s voices, loud as they were, were completely drowned out by the deafening roar of the tank tearing apart. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I screamed but the screams were strangled; I was drowning. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When Ma took off the churn-cover, there was the butter in a golden lump, drowning in the buttermilk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like I was drowning in aspects and phases. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Lefty kept hold of Dr. Philobosian, who was still threatening to drown himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Peeta being tortured—drowned, burned, lacerated, shocked, maimed, beaten—as the Capitol tries to get information about the rebellion that he doesn’t know. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Lev said something about drowning or suffocating, and something about blood. That’s all I know.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He would have drowned, but somehow Barry had grabbed hold of the tree. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z So if you feel like you’re drowning and you know how to swim, then maybe you can get above water. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I want to laugh because it’s so funny, getting drowned by a fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Some crazy old lady rants stuff I know not to be true— and yet I choose to hold on to her words like a drowning man to a life preserver. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Their laughter drowned out the loud groan from another table where Turtle sat alone, a transistor radio plugged in her ear. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “That girl I told you about, the pinch- faced one? Amanda? Well, her brother drowned last year. He was only five years old, the same age as Sweetie Pie Thomas.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He drowned, then floated up to the top. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I never meant... I never kissed a boy before, but... I only thought, what if we drown, and I... I...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Doge, clutching at Harry’s question like a drowning man at a life belt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The rush of the splendor drowned the rest of the words as it overtook her, overpowered her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Never mind. The important thing was I didn’t drown.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nathan imagined facing Mother Water Monster and remembered that she was set on drowning his ancestors. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z From wrecks far out on Sow and Pigs Reef, in currents that crossed and tangled to suck the drowning sailors under and spin the surfboats like tops. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He might well end up down there, fet-tered to a wet stone floor and left to drown when the tide came rushing in. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of the ironmen went before them carrying a torch, but the rain had started again and soon drowned it out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You reckon colored folks turn white like that if they drown?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It looked sinister over there, and the few houses left seemed to be drowning in the gathering dusk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Two years ago, a couple weeks after Mom died, he jumped off this same Devil’s Drop, got caught in a rip, and almost drowned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “What about the time you almost drowned trying to catch fish with that new kind of net you invented?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z A cold chill went up my spine as I realized what was going on at the drowned man’s house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A few times it had been really bad, and Pong had watched him choke and gasp like a fish drowning on dry land. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Comfort—you saved your cousin’s life. You did the absolute best thing you could have done, honey. The right thing. What if Peach had drowned? What if you had drowned?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how a son of Neptune can drown. I can breathe underwater. But the crown of the legion—” “That’s got to be the eagle,” Hazel said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I will never throw rose petals to anybody,” I said, and then I broke down, the kind of crying where you’re sucking air and making heaving sounds like a person drowning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In a noisy battle, the officers couldn’t just shout out their orders; their voices would be drowned out by the explosions. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “If I fall overboard and drown,” I said, “you guys are in deep trouble.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “And we shall drown if we do!” cried the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Some people had to cut off their packs to keep from drowning and then struggle in to shore without guns or any equipment.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear I’m going to drown in my own pool of blood.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And nearly drowning Rose trying to get her to be a good hen. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It is a wonder that God in heaven did not drown out his lying voice with a thunderous ‘NO!’ Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I don’t — the sound of “A Love Supreme” and loud laughter drowning it out. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “Doesn’t he look weird to you? His face is purply like an eggplant. Like he’s been drowned or something.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He placed his left hand over it and began to pump in the manner of someone attempting to resuscitate a drowning victim. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat next to the drowned man with his enormous paws neatly propped together on the dead man’s lap, his tail wagging a mile a minute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Much of this sottish drinking was meant to drown sorrows, and forget the troubles and hardships of black life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hercules would be angry, but I can protect you from him. We could be quite happy together. Let’s start by letting that Jason fellow drown, eh?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I shake my head all through Principal Principal’s speech to drown out his voice. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But his eyes, his eyes looked desperate when he shook his head, chuckled, and said, “Oh, that Ronnie Remington, he talks in such circles that he could drown a man.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z And oh, how I yearned for the day when armies of black peasants would invade the white world, and butcher, guillotine, hang, machine-gun, bury alive and drown in hot lead every bad white man alive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who had cars gave lifts to those who hadn’t, and a growl of motors drowned out the chirping birds. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Soon, he was sure, it would collapse, and still pinned by the heavy wreckage, he would be hurled into the harbor, where he would certainly drown. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z To which he said I could either take him here or he’d throw me into the bay and leave me to drown.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The only problem: I was immune to drowning. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They did not hear him, so he hissed louder, but the loudspeaker announcing departures and arrivals drowned it out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t have remembered the time you almost drowned. You were only nineteen months old. You weren’t even talking yet. They say you can only remember events when you have the words to name them.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She threw her stuff on the ground and said fine, then, she was going to go drown herself in the river, but we knew she wouldn’t. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, the wind outside was howling even louder, drowning them out. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z By “her program” she meant the other channel, whose midday news show was more interested in the drowning of that secretary in Cape Cod than in the moon mission. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Ma hugs him and they hold tight to each other like they’re both going to drown. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Nailer pointed out the drowned mansion that overlooked the Orleans waters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It probably said something like: The son of Neptune will drown a whole bunch of ghosts.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The roar of a car engine drowned out her reply. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z One of Tiny Cooper's tears could drown a kitten. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z They dragged me from the second place to the third place, every voice sowing the wind, all things summoning the whirlwind that would sweep us all away to drown in the deepest sea. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he threw himself off Devil’s Drop and almost drowned that day, almost died, and my anger toward him got wild and thrashing, monstrous and dangerous. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “And in the city”—my mother says this louder, as if to drown out my comment—“Bea Trixie says those same criminals are out free.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a baby, drowning in an oversized Indy 500 shirt, complete with checkered flags and a bright green race car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He must have fallen off the tarpaulin and drowned. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Remembering one unlocked another and then another until you were drowning in a tidal wave threatening to sweep you away. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But Pechvarry's face was all bloated and pallid like the face of a drowned man, and he reached out his hand strangely as if beckoning. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The hard swallow, the drowning eyes, something that would give me the feeling I needed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I do not wish to drown my grief in cold water.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Marshall honey, octopuses can’t drown. They live in water,” she had said. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy in the frock coat who’d drowned in the well. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Around the edges of the pond, before it whitened up, you could lie down on the clear ice and see pebbles and drowned sticks and sand. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “Money,” she whispered as she pulled out a huge wad of rolled up American bills and laid it down beside the drowned man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Put the stem of a leaf spray in water, in a narrow-necked container, such as a bottle, so the caterpillar can’t fall in and drown. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘It will find its way in, and then I shall drown.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z That year I felt myself to be drowning in the news reports of murder. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Partly it was a sort of hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of selfhypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Beyond the waterfront and its breezes, the streets and alleys of Volantis were hot enough to drown a man in his own sweat, at least on this side of the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Three of the black horses had been found at once drowned in the flooded Ford. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Somewhere beyond it all, the ocean was still beckoning, a distant and urgent cry, but the terrible voice saying Sierra’s name drowned out almost everything else. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “Can you remember a time when you nearly drowned?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I call for help but the wind drowns my cries. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I do know that there is no reason for me to drown myself from sorrow since I haven't yet tried to achieve anything great. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z You'll probably either drown while working the water turbines or get steamed to death in the power plants. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Even before her stroke, she was a little...away with the fairies, like. We thought you were one of her”—he did a horror-film voice—“drowned boys, like, from the lake.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Tried to say something that a normal person whose brain was not drowning in panic would say. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I’m hearing what Dolores is saying, but in my head, her words are being drowned out by all my other thoughts. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Two hours,” said the Wart—but he had to shout the second of these words, for the sounds were drowned in his mouth by a noise which had that moment arisen close beside them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything too loud, and we might all drown. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Next she’d be starting some kind of crusade to prevent the drowning of illegal aliens in the waters of the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It appears that Indonesia is very slowly drowning, and dragging Australia down with it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She twice tried to kill herself on the voyage to America, once by denying herself food and then again by drowning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The shambled outline of an ancient stadium showed beyond the spires of Orleans II, marking the beginning of the old city, the city proper for the drowned lands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you for the information,” Tali said, his voice nearly drowned by the din. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Water surged across the once-dry floor of the sink, inundating farms and settlements, eventually drowning four hundred square miles of desert and giving birth to a landlocked ocean. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s doing great,” Rishi said loudly, hoping to drown them out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On one side a man jumped into the water, trying to drown himself; on the other, a woman was giving birth, as her husband shielded her with his coat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I folded myself into as small a ball as I could and pulled the quilt over my head to drown out the frightening sound. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Then I made the mop sink into the water, drowning Captain Nemo, matey, and all the poor squabs. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Not everyone was in favor of the drowning idea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a flood in my head drowning all the words. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Rasputin was poisoned, shot, slashed, bludgeoned, and drowned to death by his rivals on December 30, 1916. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Dove clung to Johnny like a drowning man and Johnny did protect him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mahmoud and his fellow sailors were forced to dive from the dinghy and wait underwater until the Germans were satisfied that the crew had all been shot or drowned. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I look back at Olly’s ocean eyes and I’m drowning, surrounded on all sides by water. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s easy, isn’t it? Why don’t you jump? It wouldn’t hurt, not to break your neck. It’s a quick, kind way. It’s not like drowning. Why don’t you try it? Why don’t you go?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She would ride on the river— she could hardly believe it—and it might take her to the shining city she had dreamed of, or it might drown her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It never occurred to me that you might actually drown. That wouldn’t have been a good thing for anyone.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Odin,” whispered Wednesday, and the crash of the breakers on the beach of skulls was not loud enough to drown that whisper. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z What happened in my nightmare—drifting, drowning, dying—that actually happened to me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The rustling leaves drowned out what Ben said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I looked back at the dark river, wondering if I had really seen her children drowning. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I pushed away from the sink, leaving the water running, and I thought, Why did I forget to put my face under that flow and drown myself? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Once he’d dragged me out of Birdsong Creek when I was about to drown and another time he’d given warning in time to keep some raiding Comanches from stealing and eating our mule, Jumper. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z About a year later, after Diego got his permit, we drove up there again, just us two, and threw the football in the water and almost drowned trying to swim out to the pier. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z No sign of Sister Katarina, no sign of the other nuns—they couldn’t all be drowned? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Everyone shouted and clapped, drowning out the music. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I take a gulp of air like I’m drowning. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Bahar, nine years old, who had fallen in the Uzumark three years ago and still wore the sodden clothes of her drowning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Do you think drowning hurts? Is it scary?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A terror of drowning swept over him, and he tried to crawl away from the trough. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t want to drown you,” he says, pointing at our massive pile of recycling. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They could not speak freely because they were cornered: everywhere they turned there was water and more water, a limitless expanse of it in which to drown. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z So he did an end-around on the unfortunate taste by drowning his java in cream, for which Katherine gently teased him that afternoon. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z "Call them back! Call them back before they all drown!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I think of everyone who might be awake with me—insomniacs, thieves, anarchists, women with children who drowned in their baths. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Uncle Kufa’s hunting dogs had been drowned by a mother protecting two cubs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed through industrial neighborhoods, where the orb buzz was drowned out by the sound of clanging hammers and the whir of saws. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Pycelle's spotted hand was clutching at his beard the way a drowning man clutches for a rope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “The Merling Queen has chosen a new Mermaid to take the place of the one that drowned. She is the daughter of a Prestayn serving maid, thirteen and penniless, but lovely.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or, the snoring, which no amount of pillows folded over your head can drown out. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Her mother’s parents were both dead—Grandpa from being run over by a tractor while he was drunk, and Grandma from drowning in a giant wave off the coast of Hawaii. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The only thing to do was to drown myself then and there. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He shook his head in disgust at the kind of parents who would drown their own children. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z These were the ladies who drowned their shame and floated in living people’s houses with their hair undone to show their everlasting despair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He clasped her back to his chest, his arm looped under hers and across her body, the way she’d been holding him only moments ago, as if she were drowning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and drown in color, open them and drown in light because billions and billions of buckets of light are being emptied on our heads from above. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps if one less dragonfly had drowned in the Carboniferous swamps, the intelligent organisms on our planet today would have feathers and teach their young in rookeries. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rowan took a deep breath, gripped his blades tightly in both hands, and with a guttural war cry that drowned the alarms blaring in his soul, he launched himself forward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I held on to him like I was drowning. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But it is not a pleasant thought, so he drowns it in brandy and attempts to ignore it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If Percy started to believe he could drown... The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They didn’t drown or get struck by lightning, mangled by machinery or crushed in landslides. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Death by drowning had to be better than letting some wretched slaver gut her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It is as if he has been drowning for as long as he can remember and somebody has fetched him up for air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In April 1921 his wife, a well-known pacifist and suffragette named Jessie Hardy Stubbs, flung herself off a bridge over the East River in New York and drowned. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “You could have drowned! Or gotten really sick—there’s all sorts of bacteria in lakes—or...” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Grief is an ocean, and guilt the undertow that pulls me beneath the waves and drowns me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z While my grandmother was still asleep, Mina fell in the pool and drowned. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Even as the first one they came driving straight at Ged, and even so he caught both, hurled both down, and drowned them; and he had not yet lifted up his wizard's staff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Leer nearly drowns trying to demonstrate a sausage. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Help, I’m drowning in spit,” Mary Anne wrote. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack got louder and louder, until it drowned out the sound of the volcano. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z When he woke again, he was back in his bedchamber, drowning in the goose-down feather bed once more while a blond girl shook his shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before Ellwanger could get very far into his speech, he was drowned out by a large crowd of hostile whites who began singing “Dixie.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d shown up with their own fleet of fan vans, but no matter how loud they yelled, they were drowned out by our chants. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Nkondo and Gabriel more than the others because they play their chairs like drums and drown me out when I try to explain long division.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, they did not drown ... though there were times when the prospect of a nice, peaceful drowning had a certain appeal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If the police wouldn’t care about several missing boys and a single drowned one, maybe the public would. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All that in two big brown eyes that follow me around the house, constantly trying to hide the fact that they are about to drown. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Are you okay, ladies? Sir?” the young man asked as he peered at the body of the drowned man sitting propped against the glass of the back window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A girl being shoved out a window, knifed, drowned, buried alive, strangled by her own hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The column has grown bigger and louder; it drowns out Tao’s reply. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z One mother was in a gorgeous red- and-green pagne wrap, her sons drowning in suits whose shoulder pads hung around their elbows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “If you drown, what happens to your body?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Even the great river of Troy, which the gods call Xanthus and men Scamander, took part and strove to drown Achilles as he crossed its waters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, he would learn that at least a thousand people had died trying to cross the river that day, drowned or shot or attacked by crocodiles. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Darkness ahead, drowned sunflowers circling in, and far in the distance, something broad and white, swaying upon the flooded field. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We broke apart, fighting to breathe, holding on to each other like we were drowning, like we’d been lost, left for dead in a very large expanse of sea. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z To accept one’s past—one’s history—is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “It’s not like we drowned you ourselves,” Valerian calls. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You went under the surface, I couldn’t see you. My clothes were weighing me down. We could have drowned, both of us. Is it your idea of a joke? Well, is it?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then there was the time he fixed a broken sluice gate on the Hoover Dam and saved the lives of thousands of people who would have drowned if the dam had burst. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z That was the first thing Citra’s father did once the scythe left—turn on the TV and blast it to drown out the gleaning on the other side of the wall. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They rowed on past the mouth of the Sea of Éa where long ago Elfarran was drowned, and past the Enlades. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She’s an old lady, and I’m practically drowning her in chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Should I throw myself into the pond, and not being able to swim, join the body of L.C., the boy who had drowned last summer? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not covered in chocolate but drowned in it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He filled the kettle and the pot with water, stood the mattress against the wall, pounded it with a shoe, told me to keep pouring water on the ground to drown the fleas dropping there. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You would’ve drowned both of us, so I figured I had only one chance to make sure you’d let go. You going to be okay?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z "A cask from the cellars! I'll see him drowned in it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “How could we take offense? You just tried to drown us and suck out our lives.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the back of her mind, she heard Badwa's words about emotion, but they were drowned out by other words. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Leaning my head out the window, I let the wind hum in my ears and drown out this day, even though I know it’s tangling my curls into knots. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Over and over to drown out the negative voice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Her words were almost drowned out by the rest of my family members, who were screaming just as loudly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I heard one of them call out behind me, but the crowd drowned them out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My fists clench with the strength of an army ten thousand strong, hopes flying sky-high, anxiety drowning in my chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Also, that same year, I almost drowned, and when I was underwater, I saw the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Richard Parker was so silent I wondered whether he had drowned. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It did not seem fair to drown the cabin boy and the captain and all the rest for something he had done, but when had the gods ever been fair? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I chewed on my nails and wished I had my headphones to drown out the sounds around me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Ben said, “Maybe he didn’t drown. Maybe he just died, like normal people die.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Big Ma uttered a faint “Yes, Ma,” mesmerized by the darkness and glow of black-and-white photos of the sorry Ted Kennedy and the drowned blond secretary who could not be saved. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Men thin as insects rowed scows between the clumps, shepherding them with paddles, pressing down upon them, dousing them, drowning them, so that light might play unimpeded upon the winter sea. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You took us aback, that is all. We were all sure you would drown before our eyes. It was astonishing to see you swimming.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Stop, no, don’t come any closer! Stand back, children, someone will get hurt—” The old lady’s voice was drowned out by a surge of yapping and barking. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He was breathing hard, as if he were drowning. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Most of the time I was happy not to have to bother with food, but tonight I hungered for a mouthful of pasta, steaming hot, drowned in sauce, dusted with Parmesan. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z When they asked us how we made it across the river if grown men were known to drown in it, we said we were great swimmers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We rowed through a tide of clothes ejected from split-open suitcases, every swirling dress we passed resembling a drowning girl. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They gave him a large amount, but he wanted more, because the church had to have a bell that would raise the drowned up to the surface of the water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I scanned the words on the page, but couldn’t drown out the sound of the students’ giggles and snide remarks. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Maybe drowning was the best thing that ever happened to him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask what he thought I should do to get her, but the conversation pretty much ended because the sudden sound of sirens on another block drowned out everything we were saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Raymie had saved Edgar the drowning dummy from drowning many, many times. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z In the background of his speech, gunshots and angry soldiers, cursing and jubilating, almost drowned him out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z That will drown out the sound of the trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “You look near drowned!” she cried, and asked her where she thought she was headed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She thought about Edgar the drowning dummy and gigantic seabirds with wings like angels. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Cooking is women’s work, same as sewing. Act like a man, Robbie. Go outside and get your hands dirty. You don’t start toughening up, I might have to drown that cat of yours.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She said, “This child is tired. She has saved somebody from drowning. Do you understand what I’m saying? She saved somebody’s life.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z At the foot of the hibiscus bush we discovered a fallen nest of baby birds, all drowned. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The waters will rise, and everyone will drown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “My apologies,” Dobrynya called, loud enough to drown out Sigurd’s curses. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z There appeared to be reason for supposing that the drowned informer had hoped for a reward out of this forfeiture, and had obtained some accurate knowledge of Magwitch’s affairs. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I know that this image will haunt me forever, staring down at Helene's frozen face, the sleet thick around us, the screaming wind that can't drown out the sound of death. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Under the eave of the porch our charge Methuselah screamed like a drowning man in his cage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Without my anger, I was adrift and drowning. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The rain floods the village and the water rises to Pa’s waist, drowning many animals. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As he drowned them in butter and syrup, he decided that last night had just been a hitch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I quickly put my face back in the water to hide my reddening cheeks and practice the float for a while longer until I realize I’m not going to drown. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Yes. The police thought he slipped into the water and drowned, but there was a bruise on his neck.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z While I contained my frustration, he drank to drown his. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants to see people break— has always wanted to, ever since he set up the camera in my execution room when I nearly drowned, and probably long before then. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The proudest city in all the world was gone in an instant, its fabled empire vanished in a day, the Lands of the Long Summer scorched and drowned and blighted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I vigorously crank water from the pump, using the squeal of metal to drown out our voices. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z My cries for help drowned out the sound of his words, but he laughed and said it was no use because nobody would hear me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dark honey filled up inside me, drowning my thoughts and making it hard to move my eyes and hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean,” he says, “I had to find out that you almost drowned in a water tank from Caleb. Doesn’t that seem a little strange to you?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t we already have enough drowned cities? Enough people dying from drought? My family is a clean company. Just because a market exists doesn’t mean we have to serve it.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was going to drown me in his belly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “I saw a man drowned in gold once. It was not a pretty sight. If you ever get my sword, it will be through your bowels.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But here the nymph, again, came to our rescue, dabbing ambrosia under each man’s nose— a perfume drowning out the bestial odor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could die at any time. A freak lightning strike could fry your heart, or you could drown in a molasses tsunami.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The villagers’ words poured out with such force I feared I might drown in them. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Mama said something else, but her words were drowned out by Tidings, riding the tractor back toward the shed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And all I wanna do is fill up the tub with Raid and drown myself in it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Big honor for the first soldier to breach an enemy fort. You’ll notice nobody in the Fifth is wearing one. Usually we don’t even get into the fort because we’re burning or drowning or...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Delia and Velia sat side by side in the backseat next to the “sleeping” drowned man while Pita wedged herself against the opposite car door trying to stay away from him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She’d just about decided this was how she would die: drowning in a swimming hole on an island that didn’t exist. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “No children that you know of,” I said, then let out a cackle loud enough to drown out the sound of her ankle bells. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The one on land stood there watching like a jerk, as if he didn’t even care that the other one was bobbing up and down, trying not to drown. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She imagined her moths drowning in silence, and it felt like the end of the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Lightning sand is moist and basically destroys by drowning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He protested that he really wasn’t the best person for praetor, but the campers drowned him out with applause. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “What have you done with me, witch, sorceress? Who is in the room besides you? Have you plotted to drown me?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “She must have been drowned then, trying to swim to shore, after the boat sank?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z My nostrils nearly drowned in the scent of sweetness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The last thing I remembered was sinking in a burning sea, knowing that Tyson was gone forever, and wishing I were able to drown. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Their piercing cries were drowned in the roaring of the river as it carried them away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “On Christmas Eve, a German sub sank a troopship in the English Channel. They say there were thousands of American soldiers on board who drowned.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Talking to him makes me feel like I'm drowning in lukewarm water. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I try to remain calm, but the body conspires against that, tries to drown me in distortion. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Mine weren’t much quieter, but Martin’s voice drowned us both out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z No matter what the man played, a drowning sound warbled out from the piano’s strings and hammers. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I drowned in the flood of technical jargon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Tata Ndu spoke again but was drowned out by the wave of our neighbors that rolled forward, parting and closing around him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We might all have to strip down to the way we were born, to keep ourselves from drowning. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The stereo was blasting, but the music was all drowned out by the loud rattle of the bass, bumping, shaking the entire back of the truck. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z And may he choke on it, Catelyn thought, but it was Bran she saw choking, drowning on his own blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She walked on puddles like they were Persian carpets, and when a clap of thunder boomed around us, she looked up at the drowned sky, opened her mouth, and let the rain fall in. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Seventeenth-century scholars sometimes felt they were drowning in an ocean of books. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In him, his mind, his hopes, drowned, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Like your heart is an engine flooded with black acid, drowned and clenched and clotted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Fish had a chance to drown me and didn’t. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z His quote read that area officials suspected alcohol was a factor in the drowning of the thirteen-year-old. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I'm off-key, but together our voices drown out the fighting. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just out cold. Hit on the head and nearly drowned.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The river was still racing; a dog that fell in the water at Botley was whirled away and drowned before its owner could rescue it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The next time I wake up it’s a few hours later, and the clacking of the furnace almost drowns out the sound of Mango’s heavy wheezing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Catelyn Stark screamed, finding her voice at last, but it was too late, the blood madness was on them, and they rushed forward with shouts that drowned her softer words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I turn the volume on the radio up all the way in the hope that it might drown out everything rattling inside of me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I should have drowned you in the river,” he said to Luna with a scowl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She had known of a young boy who had drowned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I think your pool is beautiful, Spirits of the Water. I am so lucky to be allowed to see it. Please don’t drown me!” she cried. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street a neighbor’s sprinklers come on, hissing loud enough to drown out the ticking of the clock. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His knights pulled him out before he drowned, but not before his lips turned blue and his skin as pale as milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I hug fourteen people, which is like drowning. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z It’s a weird phrase in English, in love, like it’s a sea you drown in or a town you live in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For a while, the coins that jingled ever more loudly in the pig drowned out the taunts of the Terrible Threesome. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The voice and a pitched whistle produced by the tall figure of a young man at the gate of the drowned man’s house made the mammoth canine stiffen in the backseat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes it’s like I’m eating to drown something yowling inside me, even when I’m not really hungry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And like with listening, the subtle skim of a soul could be drowned out by a nearer, louder presence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I would of had to drowned most of ‘em anyways. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they all would have drowned in the process. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims, for travelers usually drowned in the river. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z |
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