draw a bead
Example Sentences
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Difficult to draw a bead on the Buccaneers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
In the amorphous twilight of the Afghan war, it isn’t enough to draw a bead on the enemy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2016
He may be the first president of my lifetime who comedians have never been able to draw a bead on the way they could with every other Oval Office occupant of the last 50 years.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2016
In person, it’s hard to draw a bead on Mr. Elba: He’s almost Teflon smooth.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2015
Then she’d whirl and be gone before I could draw a bead on her.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
