He was trying to 'drown his fears'. [=to get drunk so that he wouldn't be afraid]
I'm being 'drowned in' paperwork. [=I'm being overwhelmed by paperwork]
Noise from the passing airplane 'drowned out' our conversation.
(..) Twenty-two thousand. Wow. These guys are just freakin' fast. Is there any way to make this a fair fight? Jump out and swim. I think we'd have to jump out and drown. Well, you could row forward and I could row backward. We're genetically identical. Science says we'd stay in one place. (..)2010 The Social Network