draw back
Example Sentences
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From now on, the nights will slowly start to draw back again and the days will gradually become longer.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024
There were two stagehands waiting to draw back the curtains for us to go on and one said: “‘You nervous?’
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
“They want to clean up the city’s image and use this conference as a way to draw back tourism,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023
I thought Dallas would be the Kraken’s best first-round draw, back when that was still in question.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023
When the ticket collector came through, Aunt Kate emerged into the aisle and handed him exactly what he needed, so he didn’t even bother to draw back the curtain and peek at the others.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
