drawl
verb (used with or without object)
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
was drawling
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past progressiveof drawl.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"Wasn't that the greatest," Tom was drawling to Viola, "about those folks riding in the police wagon."
From Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School by Margaret Penrose
Sudden's tone was drawling and comfortable, but Mary V somehow got the notion that her dad, too, was rather disappointed in Johnny's lack of appreciation.
From Skyrider by Anton Otto Fischer
All the time that Neale was drawling out these phrases he was watching the old farmer's grim191 face keenly for some flicker of emotion.
From The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Grace Brooks Hill
Conny was drawling in her treble note, "She made a great sensation in Herndon's piece over in London."
From Together by Robert Herrick
David Ellsworth’s blue eyes were twinkling, and he was drawling his words.
From Doors of the Night by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
