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drawl

verb as in lengthen, draw out

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Example Sentences

David has a Southern drawl and charm that informs his character.

Still, a tight-jawed smile, wild eyes and a southern California drawl remind me of Matthew McConaughey.

She raps with a tightly-wound drawl, one that, to American ears, feels tone-deaf not musically, but socially.

Boyd is tall and thickly muscled and speaks softly in a Piedmont drawl.

When the crew travels underwater, they discover a land where the mermen and merwomen speak a Southern American drawl.

The man did not live, nor could the occasion arrive, which would quicken his constitutional drawl.

He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating drawl that was not unpleasant to hear.

Except in long speeches she did not drawl; at times she spoke rapidly, snapping off sentences abruptly.

Again the note of melancholy, throbbing above the drawl––rising, indeed, into a wail.

He seemed to affect a drawl, and the grasp of his hand was not exactly hearty.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drawl, such as: chant, drone, extend, intone, nasalize, and prolong.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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