drawn
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verb
past participle of draw.
adjective
tense; haggard.
eviscerated, as a fowl.
Glassmaking.
- of or relating to the stem of a drinking glass that has been formed by stretching from a small mass of molten metal left at the base of the bowl of the vessel.
- of or relating to glass that is drawn over a series of rollers as it comes from the furnace.
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Examples from the Web for well-drawn
Contemporary Examples of well-drawn
Like most well-drawn detectives, Pepe Cavalho has outlived his creator.
The Foodie Detective: The Pepe Carvalho Novels by Manuel Vázquez MontalbánMalcolm Forbes
October 3, 2012
It's difficult to explain to non-viewers how earnest and well-drawn Luke and Noah's relationship is.
Historical Examples of well-drawn
"Nay, this wind will scarce turn a well-drawn shaft," said a third.
Sir NigelArthur Conan Doyle
His thoughts leaped from his mind, like arrows from a well-drawn bow.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2)Thomas Hart Benton
They have straight backs, like little walls, and decided, well-drawn brows.
Sea and SardiniaD. H. Lawrence
The boisterous captain is a well-drawn and a well-supported character.
The characters quite as well-drawn and supported as in any, and from being more every-day ones, the more entertaining.
Jane Austen, Her Life and LettersWilliam Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
drawn
adjective
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