But the program was begun simply to avoid drowning in paper.

The swifter animals, it was said, avoided drowning "by escaping to the hills."

The focus on inputs is thus a way to avoid drowning in detail.

If a performer was too loud then they would need to move back from the mouth of the cone to avoid drowning out the other performers.

Others can avoid drowning by trapping air bubbles within the hairs covering their bodies.

Vegetables don't have to be flavorless; just avoid drowning them in butter, cheese, or cream sauce.

Each time he would release them to avoid drowning them, they would turn like automatons and swim away from the ship.

There are also little puzzles to solve, like to feed an obscure ostrich-like creature to avoid drowning in a trap later on.

The EGF must be more flexible if we want to avoid drowning in uncertainty.

And swimming against the stream may be the best way to avoid drowning.

I just wanted to avoid drowning.

He observes if the mice can figure out that they can swim to the platform and stand on it to avoid drowning.

After having shot a glass partition to avoid drowning, the two find themselves in an underground area.

All the water comes out, and Broad barely manages to avoid drowning, but they eventually make it back.

Sailors see things differently: if they fall in the sea, they swim to avoid drowning.

She had managed to avoid drowning, thanks to the magic.

As the water rose, Mr. Lindh was able to stand up with the help of other prisoners to avoid drowning.

It's a good idea to not drink alcohol before enjoying water sports to avoid accidental drowning.

Unable to get air, female diving beetles submit to the male's advances in order to avoid drowning (and they lose the energy to resist).