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Meanings of drawl in English

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Usage of drawl in English
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I heard her familiar drawl coming from the back of the house.
Beautiful creatures
2
His southern drawl always sounded so out of place in a fight.
Cerulean Sins
3
She had the drawl and twang and accent of rural New England.
Senator North
4
It was an American voice; it had a broad, slow, Texas drawl.
Heart of the Sunset
5
That southern drawl, the way the sentence rises and falls like music.
Leaving Time
6
Antipater realized after a moment that the prince's indolent drawl was gone.
Roma eterna
7
Vance shivered; the thing had Cade's slick salesman's drawl down to perfection.
Stinger
8
After they left Torrey would give a report in her tired drawl.
Girl, Interrupted
9
There was even a drawl in his voice as he answered me.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
10
This time broken by the drawl of the astute congressman from Tennessee.
The bourne identity
11
Her voice rises out of its Californian drawl and sounds momentarily urgent.
The Guardian
12
And with calm respect, yet almost exasperating drawl, came the unlooked-for answer:
Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War
13
The soft drawl at her side continued, every syllable distinct and measured.
The Swindler and Other Stories
14
A sound-bite machine with his Southern drawl, he is popular with reporters.
Reuters
15
A sound-bite machine with a Southern drawl, he is popular with reporters.
Reuters
16
They only drawl through their noses, and it is more than that.
T. Tembarom
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Drawl through the time
Drawl across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common