Drawled
[drɔ:ld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Drawl
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Examples
- Just one hint to you, Lestrade, drawled Holmes before his rival vanished; I will tell you the true solution of the matter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- With a most supercilious kind of glance, Hum, drawled out Murray, you've not the slightest chance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Captain Billings, he drawled finally, if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I never heard anything half so severe as _la belle Harriette_, drawled out the duke. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Yaas, to be sure I do, drawled Lord Ingram; and the poor old stick used to cry out 'Oh you villains childs! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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