DREW ON Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

drew on

verb

past tense of draw on

as in caused

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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as in came

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

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Recent Examples of drew on Similarly, today’s protest drew on those themes, with people additionally voicing opposition to rising living costs, some of which stem from the recent war against Iran. —

Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026 Wolfsburg drew on Hecking’s debut against Hoffenheim last weekend but his team was banking on a win against Bremen to start a turnaround. —

ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026 But researchers drew on findings from Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, which while not representative, indicated that the lion's share of charitable donations come from companies that are giving over the new threshold. —

Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026 Arancibia, a Chicano studies professor and board trustee at Sweetwater Union High School District, drew on decades of community organizing and academic work. —

Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 The film was a return to form for Roman Polanski, who drew on his own experiences as a Holocaust survivor to offer an unsparing look at Nazi savagery. —

Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026 The indictments alleged a yearslong mob operation that drew on insider information to manipulate NBA games and win bets. —

Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 The Islamic State’s tyranny drew on the cultural resources of the Middle East—Islam—while Assad’s tyranny drew upon a different but also uniquely Middle Eastern heritage, Arab nationalism. —

Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026 Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing. —

R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026

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Its population was not quite 6,000 in 2010, was around 11,500 in 2020 and now is nearly 22,000, growth that caused schools to burst at the seams.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
Trump’s nomination of Nick Adams as Ambassador caused protests in Malaysia, and ultimately lapsed in the Senate.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026