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Sentence Examples If anyone ever deserved to wear the smug grin of a Cheshire cat with all the cream, it is Julia Drown right now. During the visit Mrs York showed Mrs Drown the adaptations she had made to her house including handrails, window winders and a walk-in shower. But Ms Drown says it would be even more expensive to educate pupils at mainstream schools or at schools outside the borough. What if I don't care if the beautiful architecture of the city falls into the sea and all its inhabitants either drown or evolve into mermen? While returning home to their farm, a fierce rain and wind storm catches them on the water and the boat capsizes, threatening to drown them both. But when he chose his voice was as velvety and soft as her own purr, and so deep you could drown in it. He still has 60 acres of winter corn under water, a lot of which will drown out and have to be re-sown. Stay too long and you inevitably drown in a quicksand of disappointment, seedy nostalgia and self-deception. The first distant wolf howl does not drown the tinkle of the sleigh-bells or the laughter of the wedding guests. They were, as usual, conversing loudly, but I somehow managed to drown them out in my sleep. I might as well drown my sorrows in the bag of popcorn, instead of a pint of ice cream. You don't let it drown you, or deaden you to the point that you're afraid to feel anything for fear of being hurt. Wait for governments to take effective action on global warming and you could fry or drown first. According to the tradition, the Manipuris drown the remains of the old house in the river. The frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers. If we made a habit of yielding to prejudice we would restore capital punishment, stone people to death and drown old crones in pointed hats. I ordered a bottle of the house Frascati to drown our sorrows and a garlic bread pizza to share. The sound mix tends to favor the score, perhaps a bit too loudly at times, for the music can drown out the dialogue. This Opera comes with a heavy bassline, a raucous bellow that would drown the loudest baritone. In back, half the kids sing along with the radio raucously, and the other half start shouting to drown them out. Show More Sentences In a reflex action the body cuts the supply of blood to the arms and legs preventing swimming, and people then sink and drown. And by their clinging to the anchor of a sinking ship for security, they drown in their own folly. Prevented from surfacing to breathe, the sea mammals drown while their skin is lacerated by the spines of writhing fish. In his most remarkable feat, he constructs a low-lying town in a dry lakebed only to drown it for a spectacular inundation. The people were inside and the radio was turned up loud to drown out the din of the men yelling and laughing as they drank coffee and beer. Slugs are attracted to the yeasty smell of beer, and they fall into the pan and drown. Apparently, James Bond will also drown in an enclosed water tank but be revived with some life-giving drug by a Japanese enemy. She almost gasped, but remembered, if she did, she would take in water and possibly drown. A culture frantic to entertain, divert, and inform cannot drown out boredom. With so much information available, this site could surely be compared to deep waters you could drown in. The English spectators, respecting his determination to make an end of himself, stood politely by and let him drown. The music, the agency conjectured, might drown out crucial security announcements on the P.A. system. When nighttime outdoor lights send glare up and out instead of down, they don't just waste energy, they drown out the sky, too. They rhythmically clapped in an attempt to distract and drown out the speakers. So I guess it is time to go and rest my head on the pillow, and let unconsciousness drown those thoughts. The music plays at a perfect level, audible but not too loud as to drown out conversation. Sonically, the song is great, but for Brown to constantly drown his voice in auto-tune is getting annoying. The clatter of hammers, drills and sanders drown out the voices of the workers. Go drown your sorrows at the local soda fountain in a tall, possibly dirty glass of sarsaparilla with the rest of the milquetoasts. The cups were so big you could drown in them, and they were sitting in saucers practically the size of dinner plates. Show More Sentences Lilatte shoved the pillow over her head, trying to drown out Honey's endless babble. Unbearably smitten, Oscar flees his father's Thanksgiving party to drown his sorrows in a midtown bar. By her second lap around the interstate beltway the hum of the engine from Jennifer's MG roadster began to drown out her anger and frustration. Unlike seabirds like terns or shearwaters, which can rest and feed along the way, the curlews will drown if they land on the ocean. Will you blink an eye for them if the banderlats tear them to pieces or will you drown your guilt in petty self righteous doubletalk? I scraped the stone against the blade harder, hoping to drown out her voice and signify that I didn't want to talk. She was going to jump off the rock into the cold May water and drown just like he did. You may have to belt a torch song up to that balcony bar to drown out the praises being hosannaed onto chef-owner. Each year, many children drown or are injured in both swimming and wading pool-related incidents. We do not want to sink to such a fanatical fixity, but we do not want to drown in ahistorical complacency, either. Dixon turned on the air conditioner and radio, both full blast, to drown out the thumping. Meantime, Syrians still drown in bloodletting, chaos, and refugees, while the Assad side weakens only by endless inches. Visions of bare light bulbs and paint peeling walls in a claustrophobic room drown me. The public is generally acquiescent on matters like this and the right, the most vocal voice in the country's politics, was able to drown out any voices of dissent. The faster form of river transport is the speedboat, machines that make so much noise as they roar by that passengers wear crash helmets to drown out the racket. I stared at the size label hard and wondered if he would drown in it. Goldman, wisely, does not raise a raft of questions that drown a writer in the answering. If prioritizing guns over dead kids makes you angry, stand up and drown his words out with action. You can drown your food in lashings of malt vinegar or tartar sauce. Her eyes were sapphire blue and had the ability to drown me in. Show More Sentences Players of the machine can control, for example, a character who stands in a pit in the pouring rain and has to bail water with a bucket or drown. They could control, for example, a character who stood in a pit in the pouring rain and had to bail the water from the pit with a bucket or drown. His screech of pain did not entirely drown out Taro's grunt of discomfort. But the Dalai Lama, who is the recognised leader of Tibetan Buddhism, is careful not to drown his audiences in too many technical Buddhist concepts. I say to members that Mr Sowry is making a hard-hitting speech, and some interjections can be expected, but not so many as to drown out the member speaking. A firkin of the four per cent beer has already been donated to the players but whether they will use it to toast their success or drown their sorrows remains to be seen. Conservationists estimate that as many as 100,000 albatrosses and 200,000 other birds are killed each year when they get hooked on the fishing lines and drown. The formula features a sort of sing-by-committee affair that sometimes forgivingly uses three-part harmonies to drown out the nasal lead vocal mewling. Many people stood around the canal and watched the thief drown in water. Eighteen-year-old Aimee Donald thought she would drown as water rose to six inches from the ceiling, but somehow she managed to battle her way out. Dismayed, Tom moved offshore and began serpentining to cover more water, worried that his engine noise would drown any cries for help. With the stick, we could push away sharply pointed pieces of ice, which could damage canvas canoes, perhaps causing us to drown. After an individual has succumbed to hypothermia, he or she will lose consciousness and then drown. Both therefore need careful handling: too much selfness and we cut ourselves off from the world, too little and we drown in a sea of others. Pieces of wood or another material which floats should be placed at the surface as a landing pad for the bees, or else they will drown. They encamp on the island, they light their fires,Glad to be back on solid land, weary — thenWhale dives to the bottom, and all the men drown. When I put the phone down, I simply refuse to drown amongst the 150 to 500 calls the representative may answer in a week. They take him hostage and threaten to drown him until he is incontinently pleading for his life on a beach. A container full of a mixture of molasses, lemon juice and water will attract earwigs, and they will drown. The fragile balance of powers is shattered, peace is broken and the shadow legions drown the world in sorrow, horror and suffering. Show More Sentences Sounds of life drown out the voice of our inner being, so we must listen for it very carefully and with complete focus. Rising water levels can also drown stinkpot eggs, impairing the stinkpot's ability to reproduce. Even the president's natural supporters were caught on the hop, leaving them little choice but to ride the negative wave of public reaction lest they drown in it. These animals, which become trapped in nets, tangled in lines or lobster pots may be more or less seriously injured, die of exhaustion or drown. We need to change our fishing practices immediately so that turtles are either not caught by nets or longlines, or don't drown if they are caught. The captain said he didn't want to risk it, explaining that if fuel ran out, the boat would capsize and everyone would drown. On the highway you find yourself regularly cranking up the volume on the radio to drown out the ruckus kicked up by the tires and engine. Let us not drown his true message in the twittering of sparrows or the hoot of an owl! Instances have been recorded where people who have no medical problem, who are in good health and good spirits, and who are good swimmers, drown. He has been here long enough and he should know that I am able to drown out and block out nonsense. Too much information sent at the same time will only drown out the main idea. However, European integration is not enough to drown out all existing ressentiment, far from it. Unnecessary information on a label can drown out critical messages, or worse, confuse consumers. In that cell was somebody else laying on the ground with a blanket over his head, trying to drown out the noise. The research is opening up new avenues to help limit scarring and drown out the related discomfort. War-drums threaten to drown out both law and compassion, and people are tempted to conclude that another Gulf War is now inevitable. Facilitators need to ensure that dominant voices do not drown out the views of marginalised groups within the community. When a houseguest plays music loud enough to drown out her voice, she turns to index cards. Those voices can't drown out the voices of millions of Americans who want us to stand up for the hardworking taxpayers. Related: Italian PM calls for emergency summit as up to 700 migrants drown But now Europe is bracing for worse. Show More Sentences The game of chess is like a sea, where a mosquito can bath and an elephant can drown. Every year thousands of porpoises drown in such nets in the North Sea as a whole. But here I know that it was a really good time but it is going to be drown among many other amazing adventures. Mark your own ships to the grid and drown your opponent before your own fleet gets destroyed. Careless tourists have no chance of escaping the huge quantities of water, and they drown. We would all drown in letters from anxious people demanding that the forests be protected. It is possible that more animals drown, and that they are either not washed ashore or the carcases are removed from the beach by other people. Brands, which can not develop their own identities, will drown in the masses of mediocre products. The water has destroyed the bridge and you could drown if you fall into the river. The risk with such a big link collection is that a single link easily might drown in the sea of links. Paul often insisted on changes to the music, especially when he thought that the orchestra had been overscored and would drown out his playing. Around him, some people caroused, while others wrapped pashmina scarves around their heads in a vain effort to drown out the noise. Ultimately, Pilati's onanistic multimedia excursions should serve as the backdrop to his design, not drown it out entirely. So draw the blackout curtains and drown out the roar of the passing airplanes while you contemplate your email by the light of this cheery bit of decor. Wether DGM be known by the most educated ones or be drown in the Tiber with their own promotion, all roads lead to Rome. I even thought that if I could wear my Walkman as I turned a trick, it would help to drown out the sounds of each new man or allow me to forget where I was just for the length of the next song. And all the foolish people who live behind the dike were saved from the error of their ways. The message, of course, was: lay of, Mr Buiter, or we'll drown your home country. As dolphins are mammals and do not have gills they may drown while stuck in nets underwater. As he opened his front door, they pushed him into his home, tied him up and blindfolded him, beat him over the head with a baseball bat, attempted to drown him in the toilet bowl, then vandalized his entire home. He is zipped into a body bag after his bid to drown wife Gail and her family in the canal. Show More Sentences The two lines of paraders merged in a controlled orgy of sound, colour and motion,and proceeded to make their way down through the terraces toward the river, where the rats and bad spirits were meant to drown. Conscious breathing cetaceans sleep but cannot afford to be unconscious for long, because they may drown. In July 2013, Campion revealed that she originally intended for the main character to drown in the sea after going overboard after her piano. They send teams to try the muscles of the hardy Kanucks, and they sent the famous Myers to England to drown the roar of the British lion in the whoop of the American eagle. Mexican shrills will drown out Liverpudlian bravado. Either way, the argument threatens to drown out everything else. The boom-boom bass out in the truck bay wasn't quite loud enough to drown out the whoops and the hollers of the ladies. Our community continues to excuse the practise of drowning one's sorrows, but forgotten is that active alcoholics often go looking for sorrows in order to drown them. Some time ago, our cattle would drown in the river when trying to drink. Many people believed they could drown by getting water in their ears! Mr. Pierre Poilievre: I'm speaking in particular about these instances when radical groups use noise, shouting, aggressive pushing to simply drown out and intimidate speech on campus that they don't want to be heard. The likenesses of saints and angels in frescas and windows evoke respect and drown soul into peace and merciness. He then lost them and made it back to his ship quickly before the tide came back in, leaving them all to drown. The car thief fought with an officer and tried to drown a police dog before being shot while escaping. When the nets are pulled together, the dolphins become entangled under water and drown. Other than hunting, marine mammals can be killed as bycatch from fisheries, where they become entangled in fixed netting and drown or starve. All mammals sleep, but whales cannot afford to become unconscious for long because they may drown. While the two groups attempted to drown out each other with bullhorns before the council meeting, there was little tension. It had to be to try to drown out the shrieking Ewen and Roughies at alongside me. The ice breaks, the Reds drown, the Whites rally to take the Island. Show More Sentences So the Chinese and Central Asians are the barbaric, faceless, yellow horde that may once again drown the noble Slavs. Mr. Speaker, the former Liberal government certainly talked a lot about public health and the former health minister talked a lot about giving all grade 3 kids the opportunity to learn to swim so they would not drown. Longline fisheries pose the greatest threat, as feeding birds are attracted to the bait, become hooked on the lines, and drown. As you know, when big business arrives, small businesses drown. He told his sailors not to untie him as it would only make him want to drown himself. Only instead of feeling nausea from watching a man drown in a tub of putrified pig guts, you're bawling your eyes out because someone's dad has just keeled over with stomach cancer. Two characters trying and failing to drown their hopes and regrets, and two strong actors refusing to be tight-laced by a director's exercise in style: here is a mood piece looking for a fight. Small children can drown in two inches of water within seconds. Astronomers at the RAO will assist in a simple activity that will demonstrate quantitatively how much the ambient city lights drown out the stars. And everybody jumps in and starts pulling bodies out, but one wise person goes downstream to see what's exactly happening that's causing all these people to drown or fall in the water. The clatter of thoughts in our heads can drown out the quiet voice of God. He told all my friends not to call me ever again, because I was to drown in the dark sea of ignorance for leaving him. If enough formula ends up in the lungs, the kitten can drown. Seiches also may drown unwarned persons on piers and shores. Then, curfew looming, we'd race back across the newly edgeless city, our radios turned up to drown our pounding hearts, tires screeching on the silky arterials. This distortion is so powerful that it can drown out hunger and pain. Once your child is able to join in singing, do not drown out your child's voice but sing along softly in the background and be ready to prompt your child if he forgets what comes next. But if you want to be the host or hostess with the mostest, be sure your guests are able to drown their frustration in our democracy with these tasty drinks. The music is to help keep the patient relaxed as well as to help drown out the loud clicking noise that takes place when the machine is operating. Until then, if all I have to look forward to is spelling bee champions, I'd rather just drown my sorrows in a bowl of knaidel soup. Show More Sentences There was no more pretense of mulling what comes next and enough glorious noise, from Old Black, his ancient Les Paul, to drown out would-be requesters. They're the sort of women who pitch up beside your sunbed on holiday causing you to drink heavily from 10am while pondering whether to drown oneself in the pool. In our humble opinion, Le c½ur d'un homme, recorded in Los Angeles, works altogether less well when the arrangements take over and drown out everything else. A MAN accused of trying to drown a woman in the River Taff told police tennis elbow meant he could not have taken part in the attack. Whatever the complexity of the legal, economic and political challenges, allowing vulnerable migrants to drown in the Mediterranean or asphyxiate in the holds of ships is an affront to European values. If you need to collect revenue, drown the proposals in subclauses and tortuous acronyms so no one notices the money disappearing from their pockets. I would hope that the concept of European solidarity becomes more than just an empty platitude bandied about in order to drown out a very different reality. Toshiba has applied decades of engineering expertise to eliminate 'noise pollution' from its range of external drives, ensuring users do not have to crank up the volume to drown out operational noise. All mammals sleep, but porpoises cannot afford to become unconscious for long because they may drown. Carlia placed her foot on the pole as if testing it. The other girls protested. She would fall in and drown. So surely the least we can hope for is a chance to drown hope for is a chance to drown our sorrows without being our sorrows without being typecast at the bar. However, smaller cetaceans and pinnipeds are most vulnerable as their size means that escape once they are entangled is highly unlikely and they frequently drown. Proposals to drown the village of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn valley in Gwynedd in 1957 to supply the city of Liverpool with water played a part in Plaid Cymru's growth. He had been suffering from alcohol psychosis for some time brought on by the excessive amounts of whisky he used to drown out the bitter taste of the chloral hydrate. They were defended by Francis Knollys, one of the few remaining Puritan Members of Parliament, while other Puritans spat and coughed to drown out speeches by opponents. Examples from Classical Literature That was why she had made such a noise about it, in order to drown these words. You threatened to drown Tony, and if your boat had not got aground you would have run him down. Tremolos and chromatics descend upon the orchestra like a storm of hail and rain that almost drown the singers' voices. I have begun to write to you before now, but always stuck somehow, and left it to drown in a drawerful of like fiascos. I have sometimes sought to drown care in the river, whither I go with gillie Bareshanks to fly-fish for trouts. But if they were bad people they could perfectly well rob me and drown me in the Irtysh. From time to time waves of sand are borne over, and drown the narrow fields of durra and of barley. But he did not drown, for a triton came his way who took him along with him to the dragon-castle. Then let em drown, and be dd to emthe mutinous dogs, said he. The day after we had drunk together to drown our quarrels, I left home because I had business at Bastia. A WORRIED father fears a child could drown in a park's pool after discovering a lifebuoy was missing. The pool under Sandford lasher, just behind the lock, is a very good place to drown yourself in. But are you voluble enough to drown all sense in a torrent of words? Were we to drown the world with them, could the world blame us? A latent chivalry held him which no depths of drunkenness could drown. Roger vowed he would drown all the little pigs, and hough the cow. As to strong beer, there's enough of it in the cellars already, to drown the Manor House. He knew jim couldn't swim a lick, so he thought he'd have jim go drown. In it we will drown our adversities, and in its fire consume our sorrows. Hear I the roaring streams from Pirohitee's peak of spears, when they leap down the crags and drown the villages? Show More Sentences Stryker had befriended him indeed, had he permitted him to drown. I sink you Bose drown last night, but you have bonne fortune and escape. If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself. I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness. With the exception of those who mourned by the corpse, every one seemed disposed to drown the sense of the late bereavement in convivial indulgence. Find more words! 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