drawl
Example Sentences
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“I said…,” Ragginold drawled, his jaw working steadily on the dandelion stem, “… the fox had a mom.”
From Literature
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The simple image, delivered with Lanier’s slight drawl, helped convince a majority of jurors.
In her best quotable moments, she seamlessly infuses her sometimes shrill timbre with a dash of Southern drawl.
From Los Angeles Times
I feel like I’m a really country person with that Southern drawl or the way I talk.
From Los Angeles Times
“Not everyone,” the girl observed in the same detached drawl, “seems to appreciate the accommodations at the bunkers.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.