drawing-in
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of drawing-in
1835–45; draw in + -ing 1
Example Sentences
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When German politician Sigmar Gabriel suggested a speed limit on all stretches of German autobahns, there was a collective drawing-in of breath and raising of eyebrows.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2015
Across the room at one of the "drawing-in frames" I see the figure of an unusally pretty girl with curly dark hair.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
“I, ah—” began Kingsley—“Er—well, I never heard of a beginner starting on a drawing-in machine.”
From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood
Again Nalasu waited, until the rustlings of a fresh drawing-in of the circle could be heard, whereupon Nalasu, Jerry accompanying him, picked up all his arrows and moved soundlessly half-way around the circle.
From Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack
For giving-out involved drawing-in to fill the emptied spaces.
From A Prisoner in Fairyland by Blackwood, Algernon
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