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 McCutcheon, George Barr

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 Savage, Arthur Dekker

They were drawling out,— "All rests in God's paternal hand."

From Magnhild Dust by Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne