drawl
verb (used with or without object)
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
have drawled
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present perfectof drawl.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“And so,” Lincoln is said to have drawled when Kaskel displayed General Orders #11 before him, “the children of Israel were driven from the happy land of Canaan?”
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2012
Quicker to shoot from the hip in a business deal, Clint often snaps, "I'll take it," where John would have drawled, "I'll think it over."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Museum they have drawled out the tune to twelve lines of poetry, which is —— nonsense.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
"Well, that ain't the story I have," drawled the squire.
From Dorothy Dale : a girl of today by Margaret Penrose
"Shore you can bet I have," drawled Jim.
From Tales of lonely trails by Zane Grey
