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
  • Yet El-Sayed speaks about the controversy with something approaching amusement.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 8 July 2026
  • Referee François Letexier speaks with the Egypt team Tuesday.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 8 July 2026
Definition of speaks
Verb
  • In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
  • If a street preacher shouts their sermon into a bullhorn on a public street, and a nearby business owner calls the police, who is in the right?
    — Emily Holshouser July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Definition of shouts
Verb
  • Israel retaliated with a massive military offensive that has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, Gaza’s Health Ministry says, around half of them women and children.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Lodging Association letter, which was written by executive director Fred Tayco, says charging hotels a flat fee could violate Proposition 26’s requirements that fees not exceed the reasonable cost of providing a service.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of says
Verb
  • Halfway through, Mando is captured by Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Embo, who was voiced by Filoni on the show but never utters so much as a single line of dialogue here.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 22 May 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
  • This week's quiz highlights cruise controversies, wedding whispers — and much more.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
  • Adam pushes Agathe down onto the bed and whispers a secret name in her ear.
    — Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
Definition of whispers
Verb
  • Real conviction usually sounds calmer and is willing to sit with the hard parts.
    — Krishan Arora, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • This model sounds good and sells well at galas and fundraisers.
    — Thomas J. Dart, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of sounds
Verb
  • Christoph Waltz voices Max, the film director who hires the Minions to act in his films during the 1920s.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026
  • In Season 2, Jay is hopeful that the two can expand their family and voices his desires to do so, but Pamela is hesitant.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of voices
Verb
  • Knowing that a visitor asked three questions about security, spent time on your enterprise plan and then left without booking a demo tells you everything about what to do next.
    — Suyash Karn, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The film, directed by award-winning filmmaker Bao Nguyen, in part tells the story of how CEO Matt Mullenweg founded what became Automattic, a company rooted in the philosophy of open-source software.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 July 2026
Definition of tells

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