drawls

verb

present tense third-person singular of drawl
as in speaks
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 drawls These are texts that hide their depth under a thick layer of flatulence jokes, loud guitars or Texas drawls. — Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawls
  1. speaks
  2. shouts
  3. says
  4. utters
  5. whispers
  6. sounds
  7. voices
  8. tells
Verb
  • Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes speaks at a vigil Monday, a day after the Bite of Seattle food festival shooting at Seattle Center.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Judge Nicholas Primm speaks during the sentencing hearing of Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, at Barrow County Superior Court on Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Winder, Ga.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026
  • In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Definition of shouts
Verb
  • It was instead caused by cold air plummeting to the ground from the upper levels of a passing thunderstorm, experts says.
    — Mark Price July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • And Brooks says that there’s actually more to the story, because a few weeks earlier Shai had said that Ariana was looking particularly cute.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Definition of says
Verb
  • At the film’s end, Abbie Cornish as Fanny hears secondhand about Keats’s death and utters a cry that is almost too much to bear — a cry that feels too real.
    — Sarah Chihaya, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • Yet Cornelius Krull, the patriarch, speaks only a German dialect and never utters more than two words.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
Definition of utters
Verb
  • Shame whispers that being unfinished means being unqualified.
    — Laide Alexander, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The solar eclipse in Leo on August 12 might amount to a bit of a timeline jump, and the Mercury-Jupiter conjunction in Leo that completes on August 15 sends good news your way, or perhaps whispers a great idea into your ear.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of whispers
Verb
  • Early on, the Pisces Moon in your 3rd House of Communication opposes Venus in your 9th House of Perspective, creating tension between what sounds nice and what is actually true.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • From faux foliage on the ceiling to animal sounds playing softly in the bathroom stalls, the whole experience feels as if the Rainforest Cafe was rebranded for adults with deep pockets.
    — Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of sounds
Verb
  • At Comic-Con, Dinniman hosted two panels alongside Jeff Hays, who voices more than 200 zany characters in the audiobook versions of the novels.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • Or when a culturally conservative player/podcaster, Sophie Cunningham, voices her opinion on trans athletes.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of voices
Verb
  • That message tells us so much about Shai and his standing in the group.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 July 2026
  • Ramaswamy also tells patients to start a new conversation every time.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of tells

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