How to Use draw out in a Sentence

draw out

verb
  • Or it can be drawn out like in 2000, which took almost three years.
    Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • This is when cooking comes along, giving the peach a bit of help to draw out the sweetness.
    Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • First, the sugar draws out the fruit's natural juices and softens the fruit.
    Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • But there are darker shades in Dr. Stockman that ought to be drawn out.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • This draws out the moisture, which tenderizes the meat and will give it a nice brown crust when cooked.
    Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • The majority of people need to be drawn out of their shells a bit.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Rob McNelley drew out the slide guitar for a long, aching sweep.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 June 2023
  • Other artists come in and draw out aspects of the book to the fore, and other aspects are scuttled away.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Salazar and Young draw out both the wit and weariness of their characters’ resilience.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • This asymmetric is a must-have for getting through the long, drawn out days of winter.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The narrative is drawn out — just the scenes in space could occupy the whole of a feature film — and the pace is what many will think of as slow.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Yet, his brief appearance at the famous Steer N' Stein bar drew out the biggest crowd the fair had seen all week.
    Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Early on he became obsessed with the organ, and with the sounds that the church organist was able to draw out of it.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • These patches draw out oil and pus, which can help reduce the size of blemishes.
    Nena Farrell, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Each group was selected via random draw out of four pots in April.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
  • This is smart for another reason, too: When water freezes, it gets drawn out of the blood.
    Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023
  • These Mighty Patches are amazing at tackling zits and drawing out the gunk to speed up the healing process.
    Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
  • However, the journey of casting Wells as Olivia was more drawn out.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Stalling by Hungary and objections from Turkey have drawn out the process.
    Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • This helps draw out the berries natural juices, creating a sauce.
    Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
  • The event also drew out some celebrities who hadn't attended in quite some time, like Meg Ryan, who was last at a Met Gala in 2001.
    Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
  • Don't let burgers seasoned on the outside sit too long because salt will draw out moisture from the meat.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 May 2023
  • Walls and cabinetry in Renwick Beige by Sherwin-Williams draw out pink tones in the woodwork.
    Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But few draw out hunters both professional and amateur quite like the morel.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Susannah joked that Laurel was just trying to draw out the story, to avoid the truth that Susannah didn’t have much time left.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Muddle these ingredients together just like a mint julep, by mashing the fruit and mint with the sugar to draw out the juices.
    Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Some lawmakers may retire, and others may have been drawn out of their districts.
    Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Historians, tour guides and landscape architects with the Friends group are all working with the state to draw out the park boundaries.
    Allison Brophy Champion, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The sprinkling of stars is conveyed by the tinkling of wind chimes, while the widespread interstellar gas and dust draw out sustained stringed notes.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Lucky got a fluid therapy, called chelation therapy, to draw out the lead from her body.
    Julia Fair, The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2021

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