undraw
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of undraw
1350–1400; Middle English undrawen to withdraw; see un- 2, draw
Example Sentences
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There was but a single bolt to undraw; then they opened the door and stepped into the street, Edgar waiting for half a minute to let Albert get well away before he went out.
From A March on London by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
They then put me into a chair, the blinds of which I could not undraw, and carried me rapidly to another house, where I remained for some time, till Villequier and the rest again appeared.
From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
Mrs. Arnott began better to understand Flora's continued depression, but she thought her self-reproach exaggerated, and said something at once soothing and calculated to encourage her to undraw the curtain of reserve.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
When the morning dawned, he ordered Payne to open the shutters and to undraw the curtains.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney
Whereupon the peasants undraw their purse strings, and thank God that they have such a dear good man, and can obtain in their village such costly wares for so little money.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
Then came the slow undrawing of the night, the noises of the house dying down, car bells and auto horns less frequent in the streets below.
From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Geraldine Bonner
Mara rose, and undrawing her curtain, saw three men standing before the house, and saw Moses come out and join them.
From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Harriet Beecher Stowe
It seemed like that made by the undrawing of rusty bolts, and often ceased, and was then renewed more gently, as if the hand that occasioned it was restrained by a fear of discovery.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman
Major Graham mournfully shook his head, and undrawing the bed curtains, he silently pointed to the sleeping countenance of Frank, which was as still as death, and already overspread by a ghastly paleness.
From Holiday House A Series of Tales by Catherine Sinclair
It seemed like that made by the undrawing of rusty bolts, and often ceased, and was then renewed more gently, as if the hand, that occasioned it, was restrained by a fear of discovery.
From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
Some funds define liquidity strictly to include only cash plus the undrawn portions of their credit facilities that are available to borrow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The company listed $54.5 million in operating accounts, a $35 million loan, an undrawn $40 million loan and a $25 million revolving credit line.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
The sugar maker said in February it maintained at group level a financial security of 1 billion euros as of Dec. 31, 2018, including a still undrawn 225 million euros back-up facility, despite plunging profits.
From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2019
To you and me, going unbeaten and undrawn in five straight tournament games sounds impressive.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2014
She leads me out of the room into the ER proper, past curtains that are alternately drawn and undrawn to show the cast of characters here on an early Saturday morning.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
“Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes,” I murmured, as I undrew the bolt and passed out.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Closing the door, Jonathan next produced his lantern, and, hastening towards the window, undrew a bolt by which it was fastened.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
An old man, in drawers and night-shirt, hastily undrew the bolts, and stood on the threshold, peering shiveringly into the darkness.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by George Alfred Townsend
With a hand trembling through eagerness, he undrew the bolts, and was rushing forward, when he perceived that a lock withheld his passage.
From A Sicilian Romance by Ann Ward Radcliffe
But Time unveils sorrows and secrets, And so it befell now: By inches the curtain was twitched at, And slowly undrew.
From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy
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