DRAWN ON Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

drawn on

verb

past participle of draw on

as in created

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense

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Relevance

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as in approached

to come near or nearer night draws on, so we should hurry home

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Recent Examples of drawn on The designers have often drawn on Dolce's Sicilian roots, with sexy sheer materials and netting for menswear, along with bright floral and fruit prints and jewelry with oversized crosses. —

ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 Yaro also photographed a map drawn on a whiteboard in the interrogation room where Horner was interviewed. —

Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026 Aziza has drawn on her personal history in playing Rose. —

David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026 Previous sonifications have drawn on observations of the Milky Way, distant galaxies, stars, supernovae, nebulae and black holes. —

Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026 For its candidates in each of Hungary's 106 individual voting constituencies, Tisza has largely drawn on political neophytes locally active as entrepreneurs, doctors, economists, educators and other professionals. —

Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026 Bennett won’t be drawn on speculation. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026 Before the immigration crackdown, mosques and malls buzzed, with people gathering during evenings to sip chai or have henna drawn on their hands. —

CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026 And while his opponents have drawn on Islamophobic tropes in the closing days of the race to shrink his wide lead in the polls, Muslim New Yorkers told USA TODAY that his candidacy signals a historic point for a community often far from the city's halls of power. —

Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025

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In past years, that has created openings for disruptions in the lobby and other public spaces, including protests in which security moved to remove guests who unfurled banners or staged demonstrations.

— Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2026
That event, along with the Grand Mosque seizure in 1979, created a backlash against Western thought, Western ideology.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026