How to Use drawback in a Sentence

drawback

1 of 2 noun

• The trip sounds great, but cost is a major drawback.
• The main drawback is that with the rears down the space is not flat.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
• One drawback: Some users aren't fans of the strong scent.
  — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2022
• Some 200ft of frontage lines the lake, but there are a few drawbacks.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• The drawback here is the cruise line chooses your room.
  — Colleen Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
• One drawback was that this beach tent didn’t work very well for us in the wind.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• The major drawback for the DeRozan card is the D+ three-point rating.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• One big drawback when working from home is the lack of space.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• The biggest drawback of the Citi Double Cash is its lack of a sign-up bonus.
  — Julian Kheel, CNN Underscored, 22 Oct. 2020
• The drawback is that there just aren’t many great Android tablet apps.
  — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022
• But the drawback is that these bookstores aren't getting the same sales.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 1 Jan. 2021
• The only drawback is that there are no drainage holes on the bottom.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2022
• The drawback is that Mitchell is nearly 23, but that could mean he’s NBA ready.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• Now, the risk of exposure to the virus is also a drawback.
  — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2020
• The only drawback to the bridge, The New York Times reported, is its cost.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2020
• One drawback to the service is that sizes only range from 0 to 16.
  — Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• The only drawback is that the map can feel almost too bright at times.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• The biggest drawback is that there isn’t enough skilled labor to achieve this.
  — Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
• This can work well, but the drawback is that these vents can also let some cold air to seep in.
  — Outdoor Life, 18 Feb. 2021
• The Hisense range comes in at a great price, but there are a few drawbacks to consider.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
• All these drawbacks prompted the sense that the hamper is a bit overpriced.
  — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
• The 52 dBA, which is a standard noise rating, may be a drawback for some.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
• The main drawback is that at half an hour, this manic free-for-all starts to wear the viewer out.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• The biggest drawback, of course, is the lack of human judgment.
  — Nish Parikh, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• The only drawback was that people tended to come toward the end of the game.
  — courant.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• The only drawback of this, is the agencies may take awhile to address the problem.
  — oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022
• The biggest drawback is that there were only two seasons of the show.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
• The only drawback is not being able to be at every stage at the same time.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
• Not many of the other prospects check those boxes without at least one very notable drawback.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• There are some unavoidable drawbacks to its more limited memory, though.
  — ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025

draw back

2 of 2 verb

• As the moon and South Node align, you’re drawn back to the scene of the crime.
  — USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
• The workers drew back the curtains, and the desert sun poured in.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• The bow and arrow was drawn back for a LONG time but that thang is in the air now!!
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
• But the subconscious part of her is being drawn back to the women.
  — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 6 May 2023
• Extend your legs in front of you and grip the other end of the band with elbows bent and shoulders drawn back.
  — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2024
• Kesey is the star of his own show, but the reader keeps being drawn back to Cassady.
  — Geoff Dyer, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
• The flag must always fall free and must never be festooned, drawn back or up, or in folds.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Hukka asked the courtier who came into his bedroom to draw back the curtains.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
• Twitter, like each of its users, has two options for the long term: double down or draw back.
  — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
• Every time Perry tried to film the scene, Faye drew back from thrashing the little girl.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
• But, having envisaged the ultimate, Wells knew how to draw back to the close at hand.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• With Smith out, rookie Ethan Cardwell, who has sat out the last two games, will draw back into the Sharks lineup.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
• Take your fingers away and draw back the hammer until the claw is at or just behind your shoulder.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• When Izi's son falls ill, he's drawn back into a life of crime with a heist that promises to change their lives forever.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• The shrimp will draw back its dactyl clubs and then punch forward, releasing energy from the loaded springs to crack the shells of prey.
  — Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 22 Feb. 2025
• Hours after the eruption, people in the bustling port city of Çeşme-Bağlararası—which is flanked by two rivers at the end of Çeşme Bay—must have seen the waters of the bay draw back from the shore.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
• These characters are like magnets, drawn back to each other over and over.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• As several of my father’s friends from Nashville would attest over the years, the quartet was a draw back then.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022
• The warden eventually wrangled the bobcat with his catch pole and, with the help of a deputy who drew back the broken grille, pulled the feline out.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Still, the former president could soon be drawn back into the headlines.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Uber will increase its fares by 10% in London from today in a bid to draw back drivers to the ride-hailing platform.
  — Iain Martin, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• These retailers are cutting prices to try to draw back customers.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Louvet said, drawing back the curtain on his back and forth with the company’s namesake.
  — Evan Clark, WWD, 7 Aug. 2024
• With time running out, the Mavericks got gritty themselves, enough to draw back even.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2024
• The livestream would have been a test to draw back younger viewers and cord cutters as the show’s ratings have struggled compared to pre-pandemic.
  — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
• Twitter has been trying to use the game to draw back advertisers that ditched the platform after Elon Musk took over.
  — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
• Similarly, Aoki Lee Simmons’ slicked back wash-and-go curls were at shoulder length, and drawn back into a bun by the end of the night.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
• Without Vlasic, Kyle Burroughs will draw back into the lineup as the Sharks hope to earn their first victory in three games.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Left San Francisco, now in the south of France and battling emphysema, not really in the game, and gets drawn back into the game.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
• Jinnah didn't go down and tell provincial leaders and leaders even lower then them to cut this out, to stop funding these groups and to draw back.
  — Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2015