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drawling

  • present participle
    of drawl.
    drawl
    verb (used with or without object)
    to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
  • a word derived from drawl.
    drawl
    verb (used with or without object)
    to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.

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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

A drawling President Trump put it in stark terms shortly after the operation ended.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2025

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

In one of the houses drawling conspirators had planned the secession from the Union; in another, Sherman himself had slept after his long march to the sea.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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