drawl

verb

\ ˈdrȯl

drawled; drawling; drawls

Definition of drawl

(Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to speak slowly with vowels greatly prolonged

transitive verb

: to utter in a slow lengthened tone

drawl

noun

Definition of drawl (Entry 2 of 2)

: a drawling manner of speaking

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Other Words from drawl

Verb

drawler noun

drawlingly \ ˈdrȯ-liŋ-lē

\ adverb

Noun

drawly \ ˈdrȯ-lē

\ adjective

Examples of drawl in a Sentence

Verb

“Well, hello there,” she drawled. He drawled his name in a Southern accent.

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Her voice is often paired with someone rougher, lower, more likely to drawl out a rap in contrast to her rangy soprano. — Rubi Jones, Teen Vogue, "Bebe Rexha Says Fighting Her Anxiety Is an Everyday Battle," 17 June 2018 Speaking of Southern drawls, what’s your favorite Southern expression? — Jenna Bush Hager, Southern Living, "Dishing with Condoleezza Rice," 20 Mar. 2013 Speaking of Southern drawls, what’s your favorite Southern expression? — Jenna Bush Hager, Southern Living, "Dishing with Condoleezza Rice," 20 Mar. 2013 Speaking of Southern drawls, what’s your favorite Southern expression? — Jenna Bush Hager, Southern Living, "Dishing with Condoleezza Rice," 20 Mar. 2013 Short and spunky, with messy blonde hair, Marticek’s no-frills demeanor and Jersey accent stands out in a room full of Texas drawls. — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, "For Sandy survivors, a desire to help Texans avoid their mistakes," 28 Oct. 2017 The past few years have brought folksy screeching, glacial silences, drawling speech, powdery bleakness and spiritual solemnity — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "A Tasting Menu of Yelps and Hums at the Resonant Bodies Festival," 1 Sep. 2017 Their first order of business: Liberating from state custody the gifted vault-breacher Joe Bang, played by a tattooed, drawling Daniel Craig, in what ends up as a memorable departure from his other career as superspy James Bond. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "'Logan Lucky' review: Is Steven Soderbergh laughing with Southerners or at us?," 16 Aug. 2017 Muslet was born in Palestine but aggressively inhaled the idiom and drawled speech of his teenage years in Florida. — Matt Wolfe, New Republic, "Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?," 2 Aug. 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Matthew McConaughey has lit up the big screen, the silver screen, and our hearts with his Texas drawl and super buff bod for decades. — Hallie Gould, Marie Claire, "Matthew McConaughey Explains His Famous Catchphrase," 12 Mar. 2014 Richards, who grew up in a small town in eastern Texas, speaks with a soft Texas drawl. — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, "UW’s new provost plumbs one of Earth’s most fascinating mysteries," 22 Oct. 2018 At the window, a drag queen in a bouffant and a gingham apron greets patrons in a slow Texas drawl. — Melissa Kravitz, Condé Nast Traveler, "The 'Texas Chili Queens' Behind the World's First and Only Drag Queen Food Truck," 1 Oct. 2018 The race is one of stark contrasts: Nelson is a throwback to a bygone era when the state’s Democrats talked with a Southern drawl. — Gary Fineout, The Seattle Times, "Florida Gov. Scott, US Sen. Nelson head into pricey showdown," 28 Aug. 2018 During his segment on the show, the actor also used his deep southern drawl to give popular pop lyrics a makeover. — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, "Sam Elliott Was Once Told to 'Fix' His Iconic Husky Voice," 9 Oct. 2018 Smith said, in his gentle Southern drawl, during an interview at the headquarters of Local 1733 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. — Adelle M. Banks, Houston Chronicle, "Remembering King’s last sermon with renewed hope," 1 Apr. 2018 Harris, who enlisted in the Navy straight out of high school, hails from the mountains of North Carolina and speaks with a Southern drawl. — Brenna Bailey, azcentral, "Trust, brotherhood and pink underwear: USS Phoenix submarine vets reflect on life at sea," 27 June 2018 She was born in Georgia, retired to Georgia and never lost her Deep South drawl. — Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, "Mildred McWhorter, Houston’s ‘Mother Teresa,’ founder of city missions, dies at 87," 21 June 2018

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