drawl
verb (used with or without object)
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
were 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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His eyes were red, and there was a heavy droop to the lids; his tones were drawling and his voice strangely without warmth; his face was white and tired.
From Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
They were drawling out,— "All rests in God's paternal hand."
From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
It was a moment before he realized they were drawling, abnormally slow, like one of the old spring-wound phonographs running down.
From Fly By Night by Arthur Dekker Savage
