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
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  • Kirk, a founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot last September during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University.
    — Corey Schmidt July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
  • However, being at a fundamental disadvantage by not speaking the local language required me to develop other skills, learn the cultural nuances and some local words and taught me how to port my skills across geographies.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of speaking
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  • Complete strangers become confidants, newcomers are entrusted with the secret rituals of the forest (like shouting for the always elusive Carl), and trading trinkets and kandi is the reigning social currency.
    — Taryn Valentine, SPIN, 10 July 2026
  • During a meeting last month, dozens of students and educators packed the school board’s auditorium to support Broderick, in a contentious meeting that at times erupted in shouting amid questions over what can be said during public comments.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 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
  • Saudi Arabia briefly issued warnings in two locations before lifting them several minutes later, saying the danger had passed.
    — Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • That report was correct, Swinehart said, but Smith told staff to release a statement saying Smith herself had trained Nicole Tepper.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of saying
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  • Silent neutron stars at the center of supernova blast sites may actually be whispering softly, following the detection of faint radio emissions coming from one such object for the first time.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026
  • Hears the doctors whispering in the corner of the room about his decline.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of whispering
Verb
  • Elsewhere, Bahrain’s interior ministry said sirens were sounding and Kuwaiti army officials said air defenses were also fielding drone attacks.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • UHealth is sounding the alarm over its ongoing contract negotiations with UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurer in the country with millions of members.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of sounding

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