Sentence examples for drown by from inspiring English sources

The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act was introduced in 2004 following the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, when 21 Chinese immigrant labourers were left to drown by their employers.

As the humorist P. J. O'Rourke once put it, "There's not a woman in the book, the plot hinges on unkindness to animals, and the black characters mostly drown by Chapter 29".

In Cameron's movie, you root for the steerage passenger who improbably pauses, during a last dash for a boat, to make a sardonic comment about the band as it famously played on ("Music to drown by — now I know I'm in first class"), but you're also happy to lounge with Kate Winslet on a sunbathed private promenade deck while a uniformed maid cleans up on her hands and knees after breakfast.

Still, even the strongest swimmer can drown by fighting the tide for too long.

You might drown by the huge wave or might actually catch a huge amount of fish (that no one else is taking).

Now every little blogger in the country, who like real life Julie Powell dreams by night of fame and fortune, will drown by day in oceans of butter while images of Meryl dance in her head.

Drowning By Numbers.

Were they drowned by some apocalyptic Prospero?

Often his command of technique is drowned by special effects.

More than 200 Haitians feared drowned by Hurricane Michelle in November.

In October 1984, he was drowned by the police authorities.