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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawling
  1. speaking
  2. shouting
  3. uttering
  4. saying
  5. whispering
  6. sounding
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Following his speech, council members struggled to restore order as some of Lang's supporters began shouting, and one was escorted out by police.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Miners, mostly young men and women covered in mud, could be seen pulling out a body from the pit while dozens of other miners and workers were scattered around the expansive site, some shouting for help.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • There was Katlin’s daughter, who had stolen my microphone and was now whispering something into it.
    — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • Shein filed confidentially with the SEC in November 2023, with bankers whispering valuations as high as $90 billion, and profits that the Financial Times reported had doubled past $2 billion.
    — Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of whispering
Verb
  • Parents, educators and child development experts have been sounding alarms over children's use of AI chatbots, which have been blamed for facilitating cheating on schoolwork and even suicide.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • This is also where via negativa earns its keep as more than a charmingly Italian-sounding phrase.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of sounding

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