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Drawl | Drawled

Drawl meaning

  1. To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
  2. To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
  3. To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.

Synonyms of Drawl

accent speech pattern pronounce articulate enounce sound out enunciate say

Related words

Other words often associated with Drawl or its synonyms:

pronunciation state tell accentuate prosody eloquent vocalize hold chance question dialect articulated

Using Drawl

  • The main meaning on this page is: To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently. | To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance. | To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
  • Useful related words include: accent, speech pattern, pronounce, articulate.
  • In the example corpus, drawl often appears in combinations such as: southern drawl, drawl and, drawl he.

Context around Drawl

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

southern 3× slow 2× texas 1× garbled 1× english 1× unruffled 1× marlborough 1× accented 1× carolina 1×

Often after:

punctuated 1× joined 1× become 1×

Sentence patterns with Drawl

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a texas drawl and transformed 1× and slow drawl joined with 1× and southern drawl and simply 1× druggy garbled drawl punctuated by 1× georgian southern drawl but fans 1× her carolina drawl was nearly 1× his english drawl the film 1× his slow drawl become that 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

chock full of 1× even despite rodriguez 1× everything macgowan says 1× gray affectedpitt s 1× hanks revealed in 1× like his quarterback 1×

Common sentence endings:

at the memory 1× back on himself 1× began impersonating him 1× character s accent 1× disappointing initial reception 1× his southern drawl 1×

Words around Drawl

Just before it in the word index:

drawings 807 drawing 3.086 drawin 2 drawers 142 drawer 244 drawed 29

Just after it in the word index:

drawled 2 drawn 3.994 draws 1.486 drawsko 2 drawstring 20 drawstrings 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Drawl

  • In this selection, "drawl" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, southern, slow, texas, punctuated, joined and become stand out and add context to how "drawl" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a texas drawl and transformed and and slow drawl joined with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "drawl" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with drawl

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

So well-known had his slow drawl become that comedians began impersonating him. (13 words)

Chock full of local breweries, downtown Roanoke is the Old Port with a drawl. (14 words)

Gray affectedPitt’s unruffled drawl — “He said, ‘Oh wow, that’s cool’” — and laughed at the memory. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The multi-millionaire who’d been born of a patrician Connecticut family put on jeans, leather work gloves, and a flannel shirt, picked up a chainsaw, affected a Texas drawl, and transformed his brand into that of a Reaganesque GOP cowboy. (41 words)

Even despite Rodriguez’s strange fake accent — it’s supposed to be a Georgian southern drawl, but fans say it sounds more like Cajun with a hint of Lower East Side Manhattan — there’s something about that makes it totally bingeable. (41 words)

The Keanu Reeves on display in these early segments is the Keanu Reeves we know and love today, someone characterized in large part by his goofy, self-effacing demeanor, uber-chill attitude, and slow drawl joined with weirdly perfect enunciation. (40 words)

Example sentences (13)

Chock full of local breweries, downtown Roanoke is the Old Port with a drawl.

The multi-millionaire who’d been born of a patrician Connecticut family put on jeans, leather work gloves, and a flannel shirt, picked up a chainsaw, affected a Texas drawl, and transformed his brand into that of a Reaganesque GOP cowboy.

Even despite Rodriguez’s strange fake accent — it’s supposed to be a Georgian southern drawl, but fans say it sounds more like Cajun with a hint of Lower East Side Manhattan — there’s something about that makes it totally bingeable.

Everything MacGowan says, incidentally, is subtitled — not because of a thick accent, but because of his druggy, garbled drawl, punctuated by a wheezy hiss of a laugh.

While an anglophone Dev Anand is a natural with his English drawl, the film had a disappointing initial reception.

Gray affectedPitt’s unruffled drawl — “He said, ‘Oh wow, that’s cool’” — and laughed at the memory.

Like his quarterback, Kitchens, who played the positon at Alabama, doesn’t mince words with his southern drawl.

The Keanu Reeves on display in these early segments is the Keanu Reeves we know and love today, someone characterized in large part by his goofy, self-effacing demeanor, uber-chill attitude, and slow drawl joined with weirdly perfect enunciation.

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Whereas before, his sentences flowed together as much as sentences uttered in his Midwestern Marlborough drawl can, now he’s pausing and doubling back on himself.

She looked at me with her gentle face, soft voice and southern drawl and simply said this, "Mark, I was tired.

Hanks revealed in interviews that after hearing Michael's unique accented drawl, he incorporated it into the older character's accent.

MGM's first order of business was to provide her a speech coach, as her Carolina drawl was nearly incomprehensible to them.

So well-known had his slow drawl become that comedians began impersonating him.

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Common combinations with drawl

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "drawl" in a sentence?
An example: "Chock full of local breweries, downtown Roanoke is the Old Port with a drawl." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "drawl" from authentic English texts.
What does "drawl" mean?
Drawl means: To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
What are synonyms of "drawl"?
Common synonyms of "drawl" include: accent, speech pattern, pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say.
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