Example Sentences
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With Richards’s gnarled, withering guitar lines and Jagger drawling and declaiming, there’s no mistaking the band behind “Foreign Tongues.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
No matter what role he took on in a career that lasted more than five decades, Gambon was always instantly recognizable by the deep and drawling tones of his voice.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Yes, this film isn’t some Beatles-inspired riff but a sequel to the twisty 2019 romp “Knives Out,” which introduced Daniel Craig as the drawling detective Benoit Blanc.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
It’s New Orleans East, a part of the city that tourists, poets and drawling Big Easy narratives don’t visit.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019
The dreadfully familiar, drawling voice of Lucius Malfoy fell on Harry’s ears.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
