drawled 1 of 2

past tense of drawl

drawled

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawled
Verb
  • An Elanco spokesperson said the company will add public amenities next to the headquarters that neighbors can enjoy, such as a waterfront trail.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Going forward, the chain may need to hire a police detail to traffic control, the chief said.
    Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On Saturday, McIlroy repeatedly had to step away from his golf ball as spectators shouted obscenities and personal insults at the Irishman.
    Jenna West, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • When Rosalie refused the drugs, her boyfriend became angry and shouted at her.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though they are uttered in an entirely (and hilariously) different context within the movie itself, these words define Ronan Day-Lewis’s Anemone in more ways than one.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
  • My patients began to make different health choices and to question their prior ones almost as soon as the words were uttered.
    Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There were whispered mentions of prison, alcoholism, domestic abuse.
    Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Samira, a 19-year-old student from Kabul, was in a religious education class on Wednesday when a cleaner entered the room and whispered something to her teacher, who ran out, and then came back minutes later, beaming with her phone.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sabres coach Lindy Ruff sounded confident that Byram, Power and Kesselring will be available on opening night.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In some moments, Jon sounded anxious that he and Gemini would be separated.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Verb
  • By the end of the year, the grocery store and home goods chain will have opened eight new supercenters and neighborhood markets across the United States, Charles Crowson, a Walmart spokesperson, told USA TODAY this week.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • On the morning of June 3, Pandora's mother, Simone Kjolsrud, told The Republic that on May 26, the pair were victims of a double homicide while the teens were on a camping trip.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Drawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawled. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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