I came near to being drowned.
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Drowned
//dɹaʊnd//
Synonyms for "drowned" (52 found)
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7 translations across 7 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- غَرِيق adj (that has died by drowning)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 溺死的 adj (that has died by drowning)
Dutch
1 entries- verdronken adj (that has died by drowning)
Finnish
1 entries- hukkunut adj (that has died by drowning)
German
1 entries- ertrunken adj (that has died by drowning)
Italian
1 entries- annegato adj (that has died by drowning)
Old English
1 entries- bedofen adj (that has died by drowning)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.
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Too much water drowned the miller.
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The best swimmers are oftenest drowned.
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