drawn work
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of drawn work
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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Yet for any interpretation of this tightly drawn work to fulfill the play’s deepest intentions, it must be above all a double portrait of its incandescently noble leading man and its equally extraordinary villain.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2018
In 2009, Mr. Migayrou curated a major retrospective of Mr. Parent’s built and drawn work, inaugurating a new museum in Paris, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
Most of Hugo's drawn work was dedicated to this idea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
From smeared china she went to that art in which a woman buys something at a store, pulls out half of it, and calls the remnant drawn work.
From Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents by Hughes, Rupert
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