Which preposition to use with drown

in Occurrences 418%

In the same second of time, the world-noise was drowned in the roar of the wind, and then my ears ached, under the stunning impact of the thunder.

at Occurrences 25%

If so be as he wasn't drowned at sea, he'd make a grave for himself!" Mr. Penrose paused, sipped port wine, and resumed.

with Occurrences 20%

And he had a return of his shuddering and tendency to laughter, which he drowned with a great draught of wine.

on Occurrences 15%

He was only consoled by his mother's promise that he should return to his nurse the next day; which promise, it is needless to say, was not kept; instead the boy was consigned to the care of a French maid, Genevieve, while his mother was seldom with him, and the French woman was so neglectful of her young charge that at one time he very narrowly escaped drowning on Calais sands, where Genevieve had left and lost him.

for Occurrences 11%

There was a tremendous roar, drowning for a moment even the boom of the cannon.

before Occurrences 10%

We can't see them drown before our eyes.

like Occurrences 6%

The tide rose the moment we entered, and cut off your retreat; we'll all be drowned like rats in a hole.

from Occurrences 5%

We had wandered off the main thoroughfare, where the trams, hurtling past the Irani's tea shop, drown from time to time the chatter of Khoda Behram's clientele; and skirting a group of Mahomedans who nightly sit in solemn conclave, some on the 'otlas,' others on charpoys or chairs placed well in the fairway of traffic, we reached at length a sombre and narrow 'gali,' seemingly untenanted save by the shadows.

amidst Occurrences 4%

But their voices were drowned amidst groans and hissings.

of Occurrences 3%

[For a Monument Commemorating the Sudden Death by Drowning of a Family, of Four Sons and Two Daughters] (1831)

out Occurrences 3%

The sea drowns out humanity and time; it has no sympathy with either; for it belongs to eternity, and of that it sings its monotonous song forever and ever.

to Occurrences 3%

'Tis all through me that we drown to-night.

by Occurrences 3%

Georgia and I were assured that in not being allowed to go across the water, we had escaped great suffering, and, perhaps, drowning by shipwreck.

near Occurrences 3%

They are gone: they are either drowned near the coast, plundered and massacred, or carried far away into the Desert, and perhaps for ever.

as Occurrences 3%

Should he not obey, or should he repeat the offence after the two years, he shall be drowned as incorrigible...." &c. One can easily understand that in order to carry out these laws the most careful measures were taken to organize a system of espionage.

without Occurrences 2%

This occurred through complete exhaustion, rather than the exercising of any judgment, for, had it not been for this providential support, I would surely have drowned without a struggle.

beneath Occurrences 2%

The Yates shouters were wild with joy, and the cheers of Harwell were drowned beneath the greater outbursts from the supporters of the blue.

during Occurrences 2%

During the earlier part of the year, Commissioner Mitchell, the son of Sir Thomas, who was afterwards drowned during a passage to Newcastle, had made a flying survey towards the Darling, and the discovery of the Narran, Balonne, and Culgoa rivers has been attributed to him.

off Occurrences 2%

Born at Field Place, Sussex, Eng., Aug. 4, 1792; drowned off Vireggio, Italy, July 8, 1822.

within Occurrences 2%

Had Angela's instinct or intuition failed, had she hesitated for a few minutes, Jim would have drowned within a few hundred yards of the spot where the balloon struck.

afore Occurrences 2%

"You're the living image of a young fellow that lent me five pounds once, and was drowned afore my eyes the week after.

amid Occurrences 1%

The gentle scrapings of his iron were drowned amid the noise which swelled ever louder from without.

through Occurrences 1%

In the morning the writer declared that no day ever passed in which he did not wish that he had never been born; in the afternoon he had a most excellent opportunity of being drowned through some trouble with a sailing boat, and he rejected the chance with almost pathetic eagerness.

under Occurrences 1%

"The fatal 'unknown' was the prevailing designation; 'brought here at three in the morning, skull fractured, unknown;' 'brought at twelve at night, drowned under the Pont des Arts, cards in his pocket, unknown;''young woman, pregnant, crushed by a fiacre at the corner of the Rue Mandar, unknown;''new born child found dead of cold, at the gate of an hotel, unknown.'

Which preposition to use with  drown