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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

"Shore you can bet I have," drawled Jim.

From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane

"Well, that ain't the story I have," drawled the squire.

From Dorothy Dale : a girl of today by Penrose, Margaret

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 Burns, Robert