deep-draw
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of deep-draw
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their warlike fraughtage.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their war-like fraughtage.
From Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare, William
The question came quick, shot out between the deep-drawn breaths.
From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine
The poor mother thanked the good old man; she slightly brushed off the curls from her boy's forehead, kissed him with a deep-drawn sigh, and with tearful eyes rose to go.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.
"Yes, it was terrible!" the girl said, with a deep-drawn sigh.
From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
And when the sweet womanly tones at last broke and choked into deep-drawn sobs, his soul and body seemed no longer his own.
From Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California by Dixon, Thomas
"Do so," said the Baron, whom neither the other's ready zeal, nor his deep-drawn breath of relief, had escaped.
From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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