How to Use drawing in a Sentence

drawing

noun
  • She made a drawing of my house.
  • The ticket hit the top prize in the drawing on the same day.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The latest comes from the drawing board of Francesco Struglia.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 May 2023
  • The ticket is valid for one year from the date of the drawing.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The text is in Cyrillic, but the drawings are easy enough to parse.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But the drawings that made the set famous could not have been done by hand.
    Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
    Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
    Don Sweeney, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2024
  • Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
    Don Sweeney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
    Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
  • Tickets cost $2 and can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times vary by state.
    Don Sweeney, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The dress and veil were embellished with the kids' art drawings.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Back to the drawing board—he'll figure it out soon enough.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The show has been on CNN’s drawing board for nearly a year.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The next drawing will be held at 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8.
    The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Next, crosscut the parts to the dimensions shown in the drawing.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2022
  • The next drawing will be Monday night and can be viewed live at powerball.com/watch-drawing.
    Naomi Ludlow, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Back to the drawing board for the Maryland men’s lacrosse program.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2023
  • This means physicists must get back to the drawing board, Riess says.
    Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Texas Rangers are going back to the drawing board at shortstop.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Lotto 47 ticket was bought in Grand Rapids for the Nov. 27 drawing.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Monday’s drawing will be the 35th draw in the jackpot run.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The next Powerball drawing is Saturday and will be the 40th since the last win.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The swirls and lines in the middle of the piece are inspired by Cajal’s own drawing of a nerve sliced open.
    Liz Tormes, Scientific American, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Here is a table that shows the odds of winning for each drawing.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The upcoming drawing will be the 36th in this jackpot run.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Their world is black and white, light and shadow, like my drawing style.
    Nishant Jain, The Dial, 24 June 2025
  • Nobody puts their body at risk more than White, one of the league’s best at drawing charges.
    Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The rare gems from this period are Shahn’s drawings, with their bold yet stuttering line.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025

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