2. Adjective. That has died by drowning. ¹
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Definition of Drowned
1. drown [v] - See also: drown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowned
Literary usage of Drowned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"He knew an instance of a girl of fourteen years of age, who was drowned on ...
She was drowned at Greenbush Ferry. Has known instances of bodies rising in ..."
2. The Old Farmer and His Almanack: Being Some Observations on Life and Manners by George Lyman Kittredge (1920)
"drowned!" SOMETIME in the Spring of 1787, or '88, a young gentleman at ...
A gentleman mentioned, that he had read of the bodies of drowned persons being ..."
3. The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History. by John Lothrop Motley (1861)
"294) seven thousand of the states' army were killed or captured (the prisoners
afterwards having been drowned), while only ten royalists were killed or ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"THE drowned BOY From 'The Triumph of Death ' ALL of a sudden, ... One of them
answered tranquilly: — "The son of a mother has been drowned. ..."
5. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834)
"Colonel Haslet, who crossed the marsh, speaks of one man only as having been
drowned. Another officer, who gave a very consistent account of this part of ..."
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