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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Oh," Mrs. Condor had drawled rather disagreeably, "I thought you'd given up the idea.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie
Mr. Oppner had drawled, in his dusty fashion.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
"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
The cowboy had drawled out his admiring speech, half amused and half satiric.
From The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey
It was impossible, of course--and yet he had drawled the words out in a slow, hard, quiet way which had startled me.
From The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
