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• "Not that way," Severus Snape drawled from the front passenger seat.2012, JB Lynn, Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman, HarperCollins. From the entry Severus Snape
• Still facing the mirror, he drawled, ‘Look what the cat's dragged in.2009, Monica Ali, In The Kitchen, Random House, →ISBN, page 526. From the entry look what the cat's dragged in
• When drawled out by a hundred throats the phrase "I-wanter-know!" always produces a laugh.2008, D. C. Beard, The Outdoor Handy Book: For Playground, Field, and Forest, page 413. From the entry tiger
• Respond to a one-eight-seven at nine-eight-six Cove Road North," the dispatcher continued in her heavy southern drawl.2004, Cash Pawley, Pray for Death, page 21. From the entry 187
• He spoke some Arabic with a West Texas drawl, like a Berlitz tape on dying batteries.2004, Christopher Whitcomb, Black: A Novel, page 213. From the entry Berlitz
• A country-boy Texas drawl, similar to Quelldon's own, spilled back from wherever the call terminated.2004, John Powell III, Hunter And Hunted, page 440. From the entry yallo
• “I don’t know where to start,” drawled one passenger, sipping his Tequila Sunrise.1975 April 6, Cliff Jahr, “The All‐Gay Cruise: Prejudice and Pride”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry Mr. Right
• The rootinest, tootinest root vegetable this side of the Boise River," he said in a fake Western drawl.2020, Allison Marks, Wayne Marks, chapter 6, in Benny Feldman’s All-star Klezmer Band, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Green Bean Books, Pen &…. From the entry rootin' tootin'
• At daybreak comes the drawling 'oo' of the Little Owl, and the shorter, more musical call of the Scops Owl.1958, Ronald Mathias Lockley, The bird-lover's bedside book, page 150. From the entry dawn choir
• “I asked you to come meet me because I gotchu a milkshake and now it is WARM,” Bethany indicts him in a deep Alabaman drawl.2019 February 18, Robyn Bahr, “Critic’s Notebook: ‘PEN15’ and the Resurgence of the Horny Teen Nerd Girl”, in The Hollywood Reporter, Los…. From the entry gotchu
• The three local men didn't recognize him, but he seemed to be a real smooth talker with a Southern drawl of some sort.2016 April 7, Steve Jackson, Smooth Talker: Trail Of Death, WildBlue Press, →ISBN. From the entry smooth talker
• “Well,” drawled Balou, “We're jist a coup'la gents passin' through, thinkin' we'd find a boat 'n work our way down ta N'Orlins.”2010, Nick Wright, Barnes, page 89. From the entry N'Orlins
• They spoke in soft Southern drawls: We ded this part about this tahm nine yurs ago,” said the one with the neatly trimmed white moustache.2007, Tom Slayton, Searching for Thoreau. From the entry yur
• “Yallo,” his boss drawled and Seth could picture the man kicked back in his recliner, beer in hand, watching a repeat of some golden oldie sitcom on TV.2011, Mari Carr, Jayne Rylon, Southern Comfort, page 52. From the entry yallo
• In his earliest appearances he favors an upper-class drawl and inane Bertie Woosterisms masking bursts of insight that solve frustrating cases his stolid friend Inspector Charles Parker cannot fathom.2006, Mitzi Brunsdale, Gumshoes: A Dictionary of Fictional Detectives, page 12. From the entry Woosterism
• He’s standing outside in his drawls with a chicken foot in his left hand, handing out track pamphlets on the corner like he should be called “The Lost Prophet”.2001, Jeffrey S. Lee, “The Foundation”, in Ghetto Haze, Garland, Tex.: Urban Imagery, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry drawls
• In his southern drawl, Fire Chief Chase Talbot addressed the thirty or so smoke-eaters assembled in the academy classroom, the smile on his face warm and affectionate.2001, Kathryn Shay, The Fire Within, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry smoke-eater
• What was a knockout, whose sweet-hot drawl hit him like Southern Comfort on an empty belly, doing digging up dirt in a greenhouse in the middle of nowhere?1997 January 1, Eve Gaddy, Too Close For Comfort: Lone Star Nights, BelleBooks, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry Southern Comfort
• "We're such a small bump in the road that driving through Sylvester is like hitting an armadillo at 60 miles an hour," drawls local businessman David Register.1995 June 25, “Wired In The Woods”, in Newsweek, retrieved 21 Jul 2014. From the entry bump in the road
• Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl.1989 March 3, John A. Jenkins, “High Stakes”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry backwoodsy

Meaning of drawl

1. verb To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
2. verb To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
3. verb To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.

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Questions about drawl in a sentence

How do you use drawl in a sentence?

Drawl is used as a verb and noun. For example: “"Not that way," Severus Snape drawled from the front passenger seat.”

What is a short sentence with drawl?

“"Not that way," Severus Snape drawled from the front passenger seat.”

What does drawl mean?

Drawl means to drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.