Sentence examples for a drowning man from inspiring English sources

A drowning man will hang on to a straw".

"It's like a drowning man grasping a straw," he said.

Jokes, even bad jokes, may extend a hand to a drowning man.

A drowning man clutches at straws, say those who despair of Mr Abbas's leadership.

I am engulfed in this despair like a drowning man by the sea.

IRAQIS like to quote an Arab proverb: "A drowning man is not worried about getting wet".

Dick lashed himself to women like a drowning man to a rock in a storm.

A porcelain hand on a shelf grasped upward, suggesting a drowning man.

He responded to being in extremis with all the equanimity of a drowning man.

I grasp for it eagerly, like a drowning man reaching for a life preserver.

"A drowning man will reach for a straw," Williams said of Casey.