You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim.    From LearnThat.org.  [Sherman Finesilver, Source: Don't Be Afraid to Fail]

Poor drowned sailors.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : He drowned his sorrows in drink.    From Dictionary.com. 

These reefs are sometimes referred to as drowned reefs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coral reef] Reference

Yesterday, Jhom Ratana that was how he spelled his name in English drowned in Peam Ro Village.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference

Blue as the face of the drowned is the shore of it—.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beyond Kerguelen] Reference

Its silver call drowned the blare of Rebel trumpets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Company]

Specifically, this lower portion of the Hudson River is a type of estuary referred to as a drowned river.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Poses: On the Road: Farm Stands of the Hudson River Valley, NY] Reference

Part of an ancient human skull has been recovered from the North Sea in an area described as a drowned Stone Age hunting ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Paul Collingwood run out controversy overshadows batting slump as New Zealand win by four wickets ...] Reference

When McCain introduced the subject of ACORN voter registration irregularities, the catcalls drowned out whatever it was he was saying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pamela Mays McDonald: Campaign Journal: Camp Obama, GOTV and Phonebanking in Northern California] Reference

In seasons of heavy rainfall, a falls can be utterly "drowned".    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference

The mistake, had it not been noticed, could have "drowned" the baby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarah Ryley: Haitian Hospitals Awash With Supplies, Struggle to Pay Staff (Part 2)] Reference

Jason was just a boy when he "drowned" and he was not a camp kitchen work.    From Wordnik.com.  [VOTD: 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 Minutes | /Film] Reference

If too much water is added to the lime at the first it will be "drowned" and its slaking checked.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple Growing] Reference

If water is added too quickly, a skin of hydroxide may develop, preventing further hydration ( "drowned" lime).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

With the melting of glaciers at the end of the last ice age, sea level rose and water flowed into this now "drowned" area.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Poses: On the Road: Farm Stands of the Hudson River Valley, NY] Reference

Just wanted to say, i think the person who "we think is dead" will either be Cindy or the woman that "drowned" in season 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [LOSTCasts 12: Holiday Special] Reference

Like most estuaries found in Oregon, the Coos estuary is a river mouth that "drowned" as sea level began to rise 20,000 years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon] Reference

Ahogadas means "drowned", an apt word to describe these sandwiches on a French roll, filled with meat and bathed with tomato sauce.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tortas Ahogadas: Tortas with Tomato Sauce] Reference

No subtitles / translation for the interviewer and the interviewee was being "drowned" out by the guy translating his response. donivan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tarantino Promises Kill Bill 3 | /Film] Reference

"Oh, Freddie!" was all Mrs. Bobbsey could say, as a shower of clean handkerchiefs was sent from the hay wagon to dry the "drowned" boy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country] Reference

The sea sighs with the drowned from the Middle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derek Walcott - Nobel Lecture] Reference

In fact it kind of drowned out everyone else when I played full chords.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

The Barv's job is to drag ashore "drowned" vehicles and push grounded boats back out to sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

Analysts say the heavy rains late last week might have "drowned" seeds that had just been planted.    From Wordnik.com.  [CattleNetwork] Reference

I think of the case of a "drowned" woman whose husband has just taken out a large life insurance policy on her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portrait of a Killer]

"The teacher was this short little lady, and she was screaming, 'You guys, stop!' and we kind of drowned her out.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The LoHud Yankees Blog] Reference

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm a British national of that name drowned off the coast of Mombasa.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

According to senior VP Bill Veghte, enthusiasm over Windows 7 is likely to be "drowned" by the macroeconomic environment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

'sing out'; or one voice is 'drowned' by another, as the 'mean' (alto) by the 'bass.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries] Reference

You go an 'drowned' at ole hoss, 'cause you sutny goin 'to jail if you git ketched drivin' him. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference

"Die Wacht am Rhein" is drowned out by war whoops.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hits Of 2040: Sample Reviews] Reference

The 100,000 boat people who drowned trying to escape Vietnam.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cold Warrior] Reference

The friend then drowned before he could be cross-examined at the trial.    From Wordnik.com.  [They're On Death Row. But Should They Be?] Reference

About the family who sued the city when a child drowned in a public pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summertime And Litigiousness Is Easy] Reference

His idealism was soon drowned out by the revanchist passions of his allies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Go To War] Reference

The newly developing countries of Asia nearly drowned in their own success.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tigers, Skinned] Reference

Next to it was a copy of the list of presumed drowned, with his name highlighted.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Titanic' See-Sickness?] Reference

In both cases, authorities fumbled while people drowned, and sought to blame nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: In Katrina's Wake...] Reference

His principles are dirtied but never drowned by the cesspool of corruption that is Mumbai.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bollywood Dreams] Reference