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 war-like fraughtage.
From Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare, William
To Tenedos they come, And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge Their warlike fraughtage.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
Oh!" said Peggy, with a deep-drawn breath, "I see.
From Little Miss Peggy Only a Nursery Story by Molesworth, Mrs.
Then he stretched out his arms with a deep-drawn breath, and threw himself into an arm chair.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
His weary head drooped on the pillow of thyme; with a deep-drawn sigh he slept.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard
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.
What deep-drawn exclamations, what shouts of applause had rung through that solitude, what bursts of joy and grief had echoed from those silent benches!
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd
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