Example Sentences

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Mr. Oppner had drawled, in his dusty fashion.

From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax

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 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

The cowboy had drawled out his admiring speech, half amused and half satiric.

From The Mysterious Rider by Grey, Zane

"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 Gaylord, Glance

Oh," Mrs. Condor had drawled rather disagreeably, "I thought you'd given up the idea.

From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell