How to Use drawn in a Sentence

drawn

adjective
  • She had a drawn face.
  • His illness left him looking very pale and drawn.
  • What makes a big play such a big part of football, and why are we so drawn to it as fans?
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2021
  • These are the stories that need to be told by the people who need to, and feel drawn to, be the ones telling them.
    Jessica Gold, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
  • What hasn’t changed is that people drawn to cities like to experience them on foot.
    John King, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Her family is a huge reason why the author is so drawn to gardening.
    Megan Stein, Country Living, 16 Mar. 2019
  • But with school boards and superintendents so drawn to tech, what can those parents do about trends that have gone so far in class?
    Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
  • That’s why people remain drawn to Peele’s film and especially to Lee’s.
    New York Times, 20 May 2021
  • Some people seem a little too drawn to it, but, Vasta recalls, Bastida remained focused on the goal.
    Lizzie Widdicombe, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2021
  • There's often a great divide between those who feel drawn to poetry in adolescence and those who enjoy it throughout adulthood.
    Elizabeth Lund, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • But as the project has evolved, Spitz has become more drawn to the quieter moments; sunlight falling on her mother’s blonde hair or her mom on a lonely beach walk.
    TIME.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Looking at Ralph Lauren’s latest collection, many may feel drawn to faraway places filled with white-sand beaches, carefree nights, and palm trees.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The Foundation for Hospital Art will send you a kit, complete with pre-drawn canvases and art supplies.
    Martha Shade, CNN, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Since his appointment at the end of December, the Swans have won five and drawn five of his 13 matches in charge, only losing three games.
    SI.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Garland surely seems like a dreadfully difficult person to deal with, but from beginning to end Lutz’s Judy leaves no room to doubt why people are so drawn to her.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
  • Though Simone works to maintain a cool and composed façade, Maya lets her anxiety show in subtle facial expressions that grow gradually more drawn.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The report also found that millennial consumers in Russia are more drawn to luxury brands when they’re featured in social media posts by their friends or by influencers, as opposed to by brands.
    Gaby Del Valle, Vox, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Trillions of dollars have left stock- and bond-picking firms in the past decade, as investors have become more drawn to less-expensive and often better-performing ETFs and index funds.
    Justin Baer, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
  • At several tables set up inside the club, participants worked on different sections of the mural, filling in color over pre-drawn designs — each section representing one of the five honorees.
    Eva Andersen, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Not surprisingly, saddled with a rookie wide receiver in the crucial role that carries out complicated pre-drawn plays and sometimes changes tactics on the fly -- the Broncos lost 31-3.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 1 Dec. 2020
  • And for a man who spends 100 nights a year on the road, who has produced and directed hundreds of shows in the last eight years, who has published five books in the last two years, Bryan Doerries does not look drawn or haggard or tired.
    Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2017
  • In other words, Americans are becoming less drawn to and invested in each of the two major political parties that have controlled our government since before the Civil War.
    Joe Lieberman, Time, 26 Feb. 2018

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