The PM might show he drowned instead, but that's what the once-over-lightly gives us.

The whistle of Sherman's locomotives often drowned out the rattle of the skirmish fire.

The beehive voices, for no one could bear silence, drowned out the sound of Mrs. Lincoln's weeping.

The horse and men were saved, but the oxen drowned.

Yes, Blanche was very, very sweet -- being in her company was like being drowned in warm, melted marshmallows.

It was said to have been named after the Greek town of Aegae, or after Aegea, a queen of the Amazons who died in the sea, or Aigaion, the " sea goat ", another name of Briareus, one of the archaic Hecatonchires, or, especially among the Athenians, Aegeus, the father of Theseus, who drowned himself in the sea when he thought his son had died.

Athenaeus tells a story of how Agamemnon mourned the loss of his friend Argynnus, when he drowned in the Cephisus river.

Her friend, Acerronia Polla, was attacked by oarsmen while still in the water, and was either bludgeoned to death or drowned, since she was exclaiming that she was Agrippina, with the intention of being saved, unfortunately she did not know that this was an attempt of Agrippina's life, not a mere accident.

But a storm battered his ships into pieces and many of his soldiers drowned.

Alexander managed to suppress the uprising, and Taurinus drowned while attempting to flee across the Euphrates.

Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax melted, and he fell into the sea and drowned.

When Aegeus saw the black sails coming into Athens, he jumped into the sea and drowned, mistaken in his belief that his son had been slain.

The majority of Tallard's retreating troops headed for Höchstädt but most did not make the safety of the town, plunging instead into the Danube where upwards of 3, 000 French horsemen drowned ; others were cut down by the pursuing cavalry.

Realising his tactical mistake had contributed to Tallard's defeat in the centre, Clérambault deserted Blenheim and the 27 battalions defending the village, and reportedly drowned in the Danube while attempting to make his escape.

Thousands of fleeing Bastarnae perished, many asphyxiated in nearby woods by encircling fires set by the Romans, others drowned trying to swim across the Danube.

Concerned by his close encounter with Nelson, Bonaparte ordered an immediate invasion, his troops coming ashore in a poorly managed amphibious operation in which at least 20 drowned.

Some, unaware of the local terrain, ran towards the swamps where unknown numbers drowned.

Submergent coastlines are identifiable by their submerged, or " drowned " landforms, such as rias ( drowned valleys ) and fjords.

" In July 1994, 41 Cubans drowned attempting to flee the country aboard a tugboat ; the Cuban government was later accused of sinking the vessel deliberately.

When Gail refused to go along with the plan, Joe sailed away and in the attempt, drowned for real, leaving Gail to be charged with his murder.

In 1772 Chardin's son, also a painter, drowned in Venice, a probable suicide.

Giovanni Sforza, first husband of Cesare's sister Lucrezia, was soon ousted from Pesaro ; Pandolfo Malatesta lost Rimini ; Faenza surrendered, its young lord Astorre III Manfredi being later drowned in the Tiber river by Cesare's order.

Rhalina uses sorcery ( a ship summoned from the depths of the ocean and manned by her drowned dead husband and crew ) to ward off an attack by Glandyth-a-Krae.

It was so called from Helle, the daughter of Athamas, who was drowned here in the mythology of the Golden Fleece.