How To Use Drown out In A Sentence
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Her words was drown out by the wind.
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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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The ten mile car journey can only be described as average as yet again I ponder the folly of the cheap cat box tied up with baler twine and a yowling bouncing cat that even Terry Wogan couldn't drown out.
A day at the vets...if you hate cats, skip this one
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You might sweat a little when summer temps reach 104 degrees, but just think: No noise to drown out the songs of the African skimmers, wagtails, and stints.
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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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And above the flames of burning houses rose up to drown out the moonlight and rush hot air into their streaming faces.
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He tried to drown out the noises in the next room by filling his head with a constant torrent of words: Please o h please oh please oh please—Díos te salve, María, llena eres de gracia, el Señor es contigo, bendita tú eres entre todas las mujeres, y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre, Jesús.
FALSE MERMAID
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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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Don't let the noise of others'opinions drown out your own inner voice , heart and intuition.
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But today, we most often hear the word martyr used to describe Islamic radicals who commit unspeakable mass atrocities against innocent people while dementedly chanting “Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar, Allahu Akhbar” “Allah is greatest” to drown out what little is left of their conscience.
HOW EVIL WORKS
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Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Steve Jobs
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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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He plugged his ears with tissue paper to drown out the music.
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Sarah turned away again, but this time, not even the rain drumming against the roof was enough to drown out her sobs.
DELUGE (Chapter Nine) – Brian Keene
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If earplugs have failed drown out noise from the flat above, a new study offers hope.
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You could ring enough bells to give an entire barful of drunken Frank Capra angels their wings and it still wouldn't be enough to drown out the holiday ads Wal Mart has been running since the last slutty pirate slipped out of her Halloween costume.
Jason Notte: How the Wal-Mart Stampede Made a Long Holiday Season Longer
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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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The fans go nuts, stomping so loudly that they drown out the announcer.
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But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd ( the crowd ).
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The clatter of hammers, drills and sanders drown out the voices of the workers.
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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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The men marched off with the band playing loudly to drown out the cries of the women.
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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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But nothing could drown out the other incessant thrumming.
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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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They need to speak so loudly that they drown out those who clamor for war.
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She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door.
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If I took public transport, I would read the paper instead to avoid the risk of going deaf listening to overloud podcasts on an mp3 player turned up high enough to drown out the external noise.
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The loud cheers drown out his shouts.
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His screech of pain did not entirely drown out Taro's grunt of discomfort.
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There is irritating piped music, a vain attempt to drown out the background wind-pocket moan of the ventilation/heating system and generate some atmosphere perhaps.
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He plugged his ears with tissue paper to drown out the music.
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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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Loyalist cries of "U. S. A. " tried to drown out the dissent. -Please, please don't be diverted by the ground noise and the static.
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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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Couples waltzing, then jitterbugging, then frugging, while the sounds of artillery fire from different wars all but drown out the music.
London Theater Journal: A Dance to the Music of Time, Establishment-Style - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
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Did the confident certainty of Cheney and Rumsfeld drown out the voices of those expressing hesitancy about the rush to war?
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A culture frantic to entertain, divert, and inform cannot drown out boredom.
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‘It's like I'm clear,’ she said finally, still strumming and strumming, trying to drown out the noise, to keep it away.
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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 frogs croaking in the lake were loud enough to drown out the performers.
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Lilatte shoved the pillow over her head, trying to drown out Honey's endless babble.
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I sit here, all the doors and windows closed, the stereo up, the swamper rattling futilely overhead as it sucks in sulfurous smoke, wishing to drown out the noise that so delights others.
Mjh's blog — 2008 — July
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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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They need to speak so loudly that they drown out those who clamor for war.
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This drumfire of denialism nonsense will drown out science 10 to 1 before long.
Scientist Discusses Latest Report of Rising Global Temperatures | Universe Today
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Cut-rate journalists and underground marketing campaigns now drown out the authentic voices of amateur wordsmiths.
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I read the first 50 pages of each one hoping to drown out the hissing from the O² machine.
Hat trick
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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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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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The almost desperate character of the effort to silence or drown out antiwar protests suggests that something more than mindless flag-waving is going on here.
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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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Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Steve Jobs
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Really it doesn't matter what the belief system is, so long as you repeat it and drown out the opposition.
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Only in her anger could she drown out the dark shadow that pity and guilt had cast over her.
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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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Butter tumbles backward and scrambles to her feet as trills and a claxon almost drown out the cries of
The The Three Sisters
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Rooney was barracked upon his substitution midway through the second half, appearing to applaud all sides of the ground sarcastically as he departed, though others in the 72,024 crowd sought to drown out the catcalls with applause.
Capello calls time on David Beckham's England career in brutal fashion
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The loud cheers drown out his shouts.
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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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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 back-passage trombonist combined with the diesel droner almost drown out the incessant beeping from the IV machines announcing their various problems, which can be due to a lack of fluids but sometimes it seems, they're just suffering plain boredom like their patients.
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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 cheers drown out his shouts.
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The ever forward-thinking '80s music vanguard is helping to drown out the sound of online flotsam with a new music and entertainment recommendation system.
Celebrity-Backed Startups
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He plugged his ears with tissue paper to drown out the music.