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as in pulled
to cause to follow by applying steady force on
draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us
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as in described
to give a representation or account of in words
a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity
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as in gotten
to receive as return for effort
draws a hefty weekly salary
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as in removed
to take away from a place or position
draw her aside so we can ask a quick question
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as in cleaned
to take the internal organs out of
hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it
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as in hammered
to shape with a hammer
drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it
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Recent Examples of drawn
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Leaving the Capitol in 1835, Jackson saw an assailant approach him with drawn pistols.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025
Below is a detailed timeline of the events, drawn from the federal complaint.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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But Remmick’s motivations — explained in a stray line of dialogue — are too thinly drawn and haphazardly framed.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Leaving the Capitol in 1835, Jackson saw an assailant approach him with drawn pistols.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The Italian marque has drawn heavily from its racing and hypercar heritage to put this one together with proprietary technologies and systems.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025
Below is a detailed timeline of the events, drawn from the federal complaint.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn
Verb
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With the ceasefire taking effect, massive groups of Palestinians were pictured pouring back into the devastated capital.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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On Wet Leg, Teasdale and Chambers were pictured with their backs to the camera.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The film features a story between a transgender character and a cisgender political revolutionary (played by Tonatiuh and Diego Luna) who are pulled from two separate worlds and are imprisoned in one cell.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
10 Oct. 2025
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Walker-Yeager and McClelland testified in August that the dispute became violent when Bey pulled McClelland from her vehicle and began to beat her.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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Those sentiments likely described how everyone inside the locker room felt after the loss.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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As professor Paolo Quattrone has described, the Dean sits at one end beneath a towering Gothic window.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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In his letter to the district, Lindstrom said that despite multiple requests to have the carpet removed, the flea infestation became so severe that parents were afraid to send their children to school, and those that did suffered from flea bites.—
JENNAH PENDLETON,
Sacbee.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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There is one manuscript, and this has several sections removed, perhaps ones that were extreme in their hostility to Christianity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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The fish were packaged up in an ice box and sent to a lab where they were cleaned, photographed and identified.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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My Weekly Routine Cleaning the sink basin each day is definitely important, but there are a few other parts of the sink that need to be cleaned weekly or sometimes a few times a week.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2025
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Media members hammered the coaching staff, particularly the offense, for a lack of creativity and for failing to utilize superstar running back Saquon Barkley to control possession and the clock down the stretch in what ultimately became Philadelphia's first defeat of the season.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Glenn cut return man Xavier Gipson to send a message after his costly fumble against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the season opener, and the Jets got hammered the next week by the Buffalo Bills.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Prior to its closure in 2020, the Surrey operated as a union hotel for decades, with nearly 100 union- represented employees—many of them women, immigrants, and people of color.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Earlier in the night, Poehler and Fey portrayed Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, respectively, in the cold open.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Oct. 2025
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Advertisements followed suit, making men’s desire once again a dominating factor in how stories are told, and how women are portrayed.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Drawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawn. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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