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drown·ing

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  1. sinkingverb

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    unknown

    Submitted by siddharthdinesh4 on July 28, 2021  

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  1. drowningnoun

    Synonyms:
    demersion, submersion, inundation, noyade

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  1. List of paraphrases for "drowning":

    drownings, drowned, drown, sinking, sinks

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How to use drowning in a sentence?

  1. Anagh Kulkarni:

    It's like you're drowning, and every couple of years you get to take one breath, then are pulled back down.

  2. P. E. Morris:

    You are 87% water; the other 13% keeps you from drowning.

  3. Susan Liang:

    It is too rare an opportunity. Everyone has lived under the Great Firewall for so long, but on this platform, we can talk about anything, it's like someone drowning, and can finally breathe in a large gulp of air.

  4. Michael Baden:

    The body is almost always face down -- not face up -- in drowning situations, there's enough evidence here to warrant a second look.

  5. Prosecutor Shannon Presby:

    She's drowning in her own blood.


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