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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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
They were drawling out,— "All rests in God's paternal hand."
From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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
