He drank to drown his sorrows, to dull his senses, to forget himself. However, such a person would drown or suffocate in the whale's stomach. The men drown all their sorrows in bottles. To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears. He told Allah that the waters may drown the people. He tries to drown them in a flood. After the wake, the men drown their sorrows at a local bar. They were known to drown their victims or tickle them to death. He decides to drown himself in the river. Does Madonna drown herself in the ocean? His classmates even attempted to drown him. He digs a grave and tries to subdue Mia, who attempts to drown him. They drown their grief with alcohol and have sex. They did not drown, but lived underwater breathing like fish. The slaves did not drown, and instead somehow managed to live under the sea.