drawl
verb (used with or without object)
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
had drawled
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past perfectof drawl.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The cowboy had drawled out his admiring speech, half amused and half satiric.
From The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey
"What the Purple Hell's that thing?" had drawled the Adjutant thereupon—pointing his whip at Trooper Henry Hawker, whose trap-like mouth incontinent fell open with astonishment.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Percival Christopher Wren
"Mought as well wait a bit," Jack Snape had drawled out; "we sha'n't get there fur a long while yet, lad."
From Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught by Glance Gaylord
Mr. Oppner had drawled, in his dusty fashion.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
Oh," Mrs. Condor had drawled rather disagreeably, "I thought you'd given up the idea.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie
