(1) A continuing gradual dehydration of the Earth's mantle may by then have begun to drown the ridges and to flood the surface of the planet.

(2) Asked to carry the scorpion across the river the rat agrees reluctantly, his insurance being the promise that his passenger is unlikely to sting as that will kill the rat and drown him.

(3) Around the globe this would drown dozens of cities, including London, and an area of low-lying land greater than the US.

(4) I'm not that fast, but hey, at least I won't drown when dumped in water.

(5) I mean, it's not like a guy who wanted to murder and drown his wife on record can be said to take it easy on ex-partners.

(6) He had been beaten and left to drown in the shallow water.

(7) She almost gasped, but remembered, if she did, she would take in water and possibly drown .

(8) With so much information available, this site could surely be compared to deep waters you could drown in.

(9) In his most remarkable feat, he constructs a low-lying town in a dry lakebed only to drown it for a spectacular inundation.

(10) How could somebody both scare your horse and try to drown you?

(11) The only strong caveat involves a startling scene early in the film in which Charlie is forced by his father to drown a helpless dog.

(12) Many people stood around the canal and watched the thief drown in water.

(13) They all looked really sad, like they had to go home and drown some puppies in the bathtub.

(14) If I had been the passerby I'd have been tempted to drown the kids!

(15) Eighteen-year-old Aimee Donald thought she would drown as water rose to six inches from the ceiling, but somehow she managed to battle her way out.

(16) Presented with what was effectively a vase, big enough to drown a small cat, it struck me this apparent oversight was in fact a carefully orchestrated bar-tending conspiracy.

(17) If he gets any more hits to the head, he'll start trying to walk on water and probably drown in a seal tank at the zoo.

(18) I should have killed him for trying to drown her.

(19) She felt bad about giving them something they didn't want, but she wasn't just going to let them drown the kitten.

(20) Yet if he were to die tomorrow in a jeep accident, drowning in ditch water as Mike did, it would be fundamentally indecent and mean-spirited of me to sketch such a portrait.