How to Use draw on in a Sentence

draw on

verb
  • And the biggest draw on Fox News is a 5 p.m. chat show.
    Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Some consumers might go to a bank to cash a check that was drawn on it.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
  • My boyfriend picked up the pencil and drew on the most perfect ‘90s brow.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 Dec. 2023
  • And by the end, anyone who was on the show would just draw on their last day a mustache on my name placard on the door.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 19 Mar. 2023
  • In meal mode, kids feed it discs with different foods drawn on them and the dinosaur will say the food’s name.
    Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 13 Apr. 2024
  • At the moment, news isn’t even the leading draw on NewsNation.
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Levy Park goes above and beyond with board games, card games, arts and crafts and chalk for kids to draw on the sidewalk.
    Vicki Salemi, Chron, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Keough will lead the series as Jones, and has plenty of experience to draw on for the role.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Those forecasts draw on decades of research into the physics of rip currents.
    The Conversation, oregonlive, 22 July 2023
  • Don't forget to draw on little seeds with a black marker.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022
  • But the Gemini project drew on researchers and engineers from across Google for the past few months.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
  • As for deposits, SVB has sources of funding to draw on to sustain asset growth.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Another draws on the back of a notebook, shading in a portrait of a woman with a Bic pen.
    The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
  • Coronavirus outbreaks in China mean there is plenty more of that crude for the EU to draw on.
    Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Lionheart would then draw on those bond proceeds to complete the work.
    Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Or, take a page from Euphoria’s playbook and draw on playful shapes.
    Sam Peters, ELLE, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Here's a look at the attention Parsons drew on those sacks, beginning with his own.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In a series of tweets Wednesday, the company said the bot could now draw on more up-to-date information.
    Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Díaz stood at the helm of it all, drawing on his own experiences as a songwriter and a creative thinker to unite the project.
    Rosy Alvarez, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2024
  • And for it, Cage drew on one of the surreal scenarios from his own life, his meme-ification.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • While no one has won the jackpot, there have been plenty of people who earned a windfall since the last winning ticket was drawn on Dec. 8.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The final 37 minutes, however, were filled with lessons that coach Marisa Moseley hopes her team will be able to draw on in the future.
    Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Berland bought her first $1 lottery ticket for the Pick 5 day drawing on April 14, the Virginia Lottery said in a news release.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • Such storytellers could draw on the work of scholars and scientists.
    Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The first winners will be drawn on Nov. 6 for preview performances, which begin on Nov. 17.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Shimon is able to draw on far more sources of inspiration than than a human would ever be able to.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, here, Russia has the advantage of being able to draw on a population more than three times that of Ukraine.
    Tara Sonenshine, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
  • If no one wins the next Mega Millions drawing on Friday, the jackpot could soon eclipse the $1 billion mark and climb the record books as one of the largest jackpots in the game's history.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The Dirty Martini Salad draws on the classic cocktail and features bibb lettuce, martini olives, juniper, pimento, Roquefort, lemon and chive.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The paper, published in the journal BioScience, draws on the successful cryopreservation of skin samples from a fish, and outlines a method for creating a biorepository that would keep samples of other species safe.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024

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