draw lots
Example Sentences
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Lawyers have to draw lots to determine who can visit their client in Lefortovo, according to Vladimir A. Zherebenkov, a Russian lawyer who defended Paul Whelan, the former U.S.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023
It sends out tall stalks of white flowers when it blooms that draw lots of attention from pollinators, “and if you leave the stalks up, the birds come in and eat the seeds,” Meyer said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2022
The Godfrey-Faussett family so dreaded the tedium of these royal visits that they would draw lots to see who had to greet him.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
In the years that followed, Wansink’s lab would draw lots of lessons in the tactics of the food industry.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2018
I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
