drawl
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Over the coming days, Monk kept chatting with James, whose polite Southern drawl and professional concern inspired trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But then I hear a Southern drawl in my head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Noooo,” Sen. Thom Tillis said in his North Carolina drawl when I asked if Trump had given him a pair.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
Luiz, a French cab driver ferrying festivalgoers around Cannes, does good impersonations of both a Long Island accent and a Southern drawl, said he loves talking with Americans.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
There’s a sudden tension in the room, and I hunch my shoulders and shuffle a bit, letting a slow drawl enter my voice.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
"Greetings in the name of his majesty," he drawls and, suddenly, it's like Marley is in the room.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024
As a public speaker, he drawls out short speeches punctuated with University of Georgia football catchphrases.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
“To have a garden like this is insane,” Avent drawls.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2019
“Pa’s a duke,” one drawls when Juliet notices a gold crest on her cigarettes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
“Now, Jane, that's what I call an entrance,” the sheriff drawls.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
"Sorry to the people who were expecting Patchwork," he drawled after the song ended.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Gibbons drawled in the most famous 30-second spot touting Grape-Nuts as the "back-to-nature" cereal.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023
“I got nothing — n-o-t-h-i-n-g,” he drawled to the reporters waiting outside the Democrats’ closed door lunchroom Thursday as it became clear there would be no Christmas deal.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Winer’s delivery — drawled yet quick, with a smoker’s rasp and acerbic tone — was nothing like the fast-talking slam poets of the era, instead hewing closer to the dry delivery of her mentor, Burroughs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
“Come on,” drawled Finny from below, “stop standing there showing off.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
With Richards’s gnarled, withering guitar lines and Jagger drawling and declaiming, there’s no mistaking the band behind “Foreign Tongues.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
A drawling President Trump put it in stark terms shortly after the operation ended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
No matter what role he took on in a career that lasted more than five decades, Gambon was always instantly recognizable by the deep and drawling tones of his voice.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
A blunt, drawling, wisecracking, whip-smart former college track star, he is the longest-serving member in the state Senate’s 247-year history.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
Math majors marveled to hear Dr. Claytor, originally from Norfolk, advancing sophisticated mathematical proofs in his drawling “country” accent.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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