Non-fatal immersion or submersion in water.
1The rattle of the rain against the windows almost drowned their voices.
2A young friend of mine has been almost drowned in the lake.
3We were in water up to our necks and were almost drowned.
4The scream was almost drowned by the combined din from the hold.
5You see, my great-grandfather almost drowned when he was just a boy.
6Nikki Zinder screamed, almost drowned out by the din from the shaft.
7Keen said, 'Abandon, sir?' He spoke quietly, his voice almost drowned.
8The sound of the dashing rain now almost drowned their voices.
9The yelling and handclapping of the few spectators almost drowned the umpire's whistle.
10The time you got caught in an undertow and almost drowned.
11At last the painful sobbing of poor Tom Mullins almost drowned the singing.
12But so much water flowed all around that the people were almost drowned.
13He was almost drowned and nearly frozen when I found him.
14They were under water so long that Kjartan was almost drowned.
15Her soft, tiny voice was almost drowned out by the sound.
16Another second and a chorus of men's angry voices almost drowned the music.