She almost drowned.

He fell overboard and was drowned.

He drowned while swimming in the river.

He was almost drowned.

He went to the seaside only to be drowned.

There were several deaths from drowning.

The policeman saved the child from drowning.

I might as well drown as starve.

Somebody had drowned her in the bathtub.

The young man saved the girl from drowning.

A long time ago, around here, a nice schoolteacher called Matsumoto tried to rescue one of his pupils, but instead he himself ended up drowning.

Tom didn't drown.