| A culture frantic to entertain, divert, and inform cannot drown out boredom. |
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| The music plays at a perfect level, audible but not too loud as to drown out conversation. |
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| They rhythmically clapped in an attempt to distract and drown out the speakers. |
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| When nighttime outdoor lights send glare up and out instead of down, they don't just waste energy, they drown out the sky, too. |
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| The men marched off with the band playing loudly to drown out the cries of the women. |
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| The music, the agency conjectured, might drown out crucial security announcements on the P.A. system. |
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| The loud applause could not drown out the booming sound of the karts' engines on the race track as they awaited the checkered flag. |
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| You may have to belt a torch song up to that balcony bar to drown out the praises being hosannaed onto chef-owner. |
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| 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. |
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| The clatter of hammers, drills and sanders drown out the voices of the workers. |
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| 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. |
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| He seemed to have something to prove, and this occasionally meant his guitar would drown out the vocals or prolong a tune. |
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| I can drown out local radio in the back of a taxi cab, and waiting around at airports is a positive pleasure. |
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| He still has 60 acres of winter corn under water, a lot of which will drown out and have to be re-sown. |
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| The frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers. |
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| The roar of motorcycle engines will drown out the clip-clop of horses and jarveys when more than 1,000 bikes parade through Killarney tomorrow. |
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| When trains swoosh by, they temporarily drown out the birds and force gardeners to either stop talking or yell to be heard above the din. |
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| As we sped through 600 feet, the unmistakable sound of turboprops began to drown out our own aircraft's engine and rotor noise. |
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| I climb out of my top bunk and get my Walkman in the hopes that music will drown out the horrendous noise. |
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| The sound mix tends to favor the score, perhaps a bit too loudly at times, for the music can drown out the dialogue. |
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| I scraped the stone against the blade harder, hoping to drown out her voice and signify that I didn't want to talk. |
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| Lilatte shoved the pillow over her head, trying to drown out Honey's endless babble. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Sounds of life drown out the voice of our inner being, so we must listen for it very carefully and with complete focus. |
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| 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. |
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| He has been here long enough and he should know that I am able to drown out and block out nonsense. |
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| Too much information sent at the same time will only drown out the main idea. |
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| However, European integration is not enough to drown out all existing ressentiment, far from it. |
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| Unnecessary information on a label can drown out critical messages, or worse, confuse consumers. |
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| In that cell was somebody else laying on the ground with a blanket over his head, trying to drown out the noise. |
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| The research is opening up new avenues to help limit scarring and drown out the related discomfort. |
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| War-drums threaten to drown out both law and compassion, and people are tempted to conclude that another Gulf War is now inevitable. |
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| Facilitators need to ensure that dominant voices do not drown out the views of marginalised groups within the community. |
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| When a houseguest plays music loud enough to drown out her voice, she turns to index cards. |
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| 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. |
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| Those who purge Darwin from America's schools must yell in order to drown out their own misgivings, the inchoate realization that they are barking at the moon. |
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| Dixon turned on the air conditioner and radio, both full blast, to drown out the thumping. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| His screech of pain did not entirely drown out Taro's grunt of discomfort. |
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| They need to speak so loudly that they drown out those who clamor for war. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| I'd drown out the babbling past that I wear like a hairshirt to irritate my sense of failure and to punish myself because of it. |
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| It had to be to try to drown out the shrieking Ewen and Roughies at alongside me. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| While the two groups attempted to drown out each other with bullhorns before the council meeting, there was little tension. |
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| This distortion is so powerful that it can drown out hunger and pain. |
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| The clatter of thoughts in our heads can drown out the quiet voice of God. |
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| Astronomers at the RAO will assist in a simple activity that will demonstrate quantitatively how much the ambient city lights drown out the stars. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Either way, the argument threatens to drown out everything else. |
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| 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. |
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| Mexican shrills will drown out Liverpudlian bravado. |
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| Perhaps in time, the truth will drown out the Robert Fisks of the world. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| So much as the Quintet sounds like a small string orchestra, they do not drown out the middle parts in the compact sound, clearly gradating the individual instrumental lines. |
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| Don't turn up personal stereos to drown out background noise. |
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