2006-07-11 13:12:36 · 21 answers · asked by ah64dtk 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
suffocating?
2006-07-12 17:11:30 · answer #1 · answered by Cat 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Better than what word? Drowning?
2006-07-11 20:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are writing, skip around it. You could say - she sputtered her last breath and was enveloped by darkness.
Her last thought after falling into the water was I'm dying, help me!
Her lungs felt like they were going to burst as darkness closed in.
2006-07-11 20:59:47 · answer #3 · answered by Sunnidaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sinking
2006-07-11 20:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are writing fiction then you may want to avoid a scientific word. Try saying something like, "She breathed her final breath submerged, and her cries were squelched by flooded lungs."
2006-07-11 20:27:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=drown
2006-07-11 20:29:12 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Grudge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at Roget's Thesaurus.
2006-07-12 01:32:24 · answer #7 · answered by Library Lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I always liked the metaphor, "Swimming With The Fishes".
2006-07-12 00:59:41 · answer #8 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water overcame him, filling every inch of his lungs, muffling his faint cries in the vast ocean. And he was no more.
2006-07-11 20:21:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spelunking the caverns of the deep.lol.
2006-07-11 23:03:54 · answer #10 · answered by kents411 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got to dictionary.com and use the thesarious
2006-07-11 20:16:12
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