Thesaurus results for DRAWLING

drawling

verb

present participle of drawl

as in speaking

to speak slowly with vowel sounds that are longer than usual He drawled his name in a Southern accent.

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Recent Examples of drawling His drawling, winking charm is front and center, and his attraction to our heroine feels both genuine and even quite protective, but his violent streak is so blasé as to be unnerving. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 June 2026 Daniel Craig stars as Benoit Blanc, a Southern-drawling Hercule Poirot-style private detective who helps a wealthy family uncover the truth behind the death of their beloved patriarch (Christopher Plummer). — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026

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An outbreak that started among German-speaking Mennonites in Bolivia crossed the border into Peru and was then amplified by visitors to large cultural festivals who brought the virus home with them.

— Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Bowles, speaking earlier this week about Pyburn’s preseason performance, also highlighted his special-teams skills.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of speaking

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Visually, the entire set was stunning, with fast cuts of Nancy Whang pounding on her keyboard, Al Doyle whirring his synthesizer, and Murphy shouting into his microphone, wrapped around his arm.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
During a third-quarter timeout with Indiana leading 81-75, Cloud began shouting toward Freedom at courtside and Freedom responded, prompting security to escort the former NBA center from the arena as the Fever went on to pull away for a 113-90 win.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of shouting

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The other was a tearing beauty, a creature so lovely that one look at her sent young men’s blood pressure skyward and set them to uttering wild, hoarse cries and tearing telephone directories apart with the bare hands.

— John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
All season, Shamea and Porsha have circled each other, barely uttering a direct word, but the tensions seep to the rest of the group, trickling into every interaction.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of uttering

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After Panettiere’s passing, Neutrogena released a statement saying the company is deeply saddened by her death.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
On the battlefield, Zelenskyy was optimistic, saying Ukraine had almost completely regained control of the Dnipropetrovsk region, with only about 10 square kilometers and three small villages remaining outside Ukrainian control.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of saying

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The desperate-sounding call that an eagle named Shadow let out early one morning, after his mate, Jackie, had gone missing, was not a bland biological fact.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
City and county leaders have been sounding the alarm about this amendment for months — warnings that echo through conservative as well as liberal counties.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

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