They laid her on the white bed wherefrom her eyes would never more open to the morning light, and went away. "Drowned, drowned! Drowned and dead!" was the cry that went from lip to lip, till it reached Lord Earle where he sat, trying to soothe his weeping mother. "Drowned! Quite dead!" was the cry that reached Lillian, in her sick room, and brought her down pale and trembling. "Drowned and dead hours ago," were the words that drove Lord Airlie mad with the bitterness of his woe. They could not realize it. How had it happened?英文原著 · 《Dora Thorne》
The old man had been looking intently at Perrine and his grandchild as they spoke. His harsh, hollow voice mingled with the last soft tones of the young girl, repeating over and over again the same terrible words, "Drowned! drowned! Son and grandson, both drowned! both drowned!"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
woe!" groaned his grandfather, sinking back exhausted on the pillow. "Darkness to _you;_ but bright as lightning to the eyes that are allowed to see them. Drowned! drowned! Pray for their souls, Gabriel--_I_ see the White Women even where I lie, and dare not pray for them. Son and grandson drowned! both drowned!"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
"Hush, grandfather," said Gabriel, "we must not lose all hope for them yet. God and the Blessed Virgin protect them!" He looked at the little delf image, and crossed himself; the others imitated him, except the old man. He still tossed his hands over the coverlet, and still repeated, "Drowned! drowned!"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
"Silence!" exclaimed the harsh voice from the bed. "The wail of dying men rises louder than the loud sea; the devil's psalm-singing roars higher than the roaring wind! Be silent, and listen! Francois drowned! Pierre drowned! Hark!"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
It is only natural, then, that she should refuse to let her boys go swimming. She pays off her grudge that way. Just because she can't go herself she is bound the they shan't either. She says they will get drowned, but we know about that. It is only an excuse to keep them from having a little fun. She has to say something. They won't get drowned. Why, the idea!英文原著 · 《Back Home》
I never go in the water, 'cause I know if I start drowning, I'm not gonna fight it.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Well, I guess you can graduate high school any day, but you can only watch a kid almost drown in a fountain once.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
And that kid wouldn't have almost drowned if I hadn't pushed him.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
I guess, but I kind of feel bad for all those other people who are gonna drown.美剧 · 《Billions》
"Save a man from drowning, you are responsible to him for life." "Save a man from drowning, you are responsible to him for life."演讲 · 《Where does creativity hide ~ Amy Tan》
So their way of rationalizing that is they are saving the fish from drowning, So their way of rationalizing that is they are saving the fish from drowning,演讲 · 《Where does creativity hide ~ Amy Tan》