How to Use drawl in a Sentence

drawl

1 of 2 verb

• He drawled his name in a Southern accent.
• Damon is fun to watch as the dry, drawling Texan Shelby.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• Short and spunky, with messy blonde hair, Marticek’s no-frills demeanor and Jersey accent stands out in a room full of Texas drawls.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2017
• Her voice is often paired with someone rougher, lower, more likely to drawl out a rap in contrast to her rangy soprano.
  — Rubi Jones, Teen Vogue, 17 June 2018
• Muslet was born in Palestine but aggressively inhaled the idiom and drawled speech of his teenage years in Florida.
  — Matt Wolfe, New Republic, 2 Aug. 2017
• Speaking of Southern drawls, what’s your favorite Southern expression?
  — Jenna Bush Hager, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
• He drawled his name in a Southern accent.
• Damon is fun to watch as the dry, drawling Texan Shelby.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• Short and spunky, with messy blonde hair, Marticek’s no-frills demeanor and Jersey accent stands out in a room full of Texas drawls.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2017
• Her voice is often paired with someone rougher, lower, more likely to drawl out a rap in contrast to her rangy soprano.
  — Rubi Jones, Teen Vogue, 17 June 2018
• Muslet was born in Palestine but aggressively inhaled the idiom and drawled speech of his teenage years in Florida.
  — Matt Wolfe, New Republic, 2 Aug. 2017
• Speaking of Southern drawls, what’s your favorite Southern expression?
  — Jenna Bush Hager, Southern Living, 11 July 2017

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drawl

2 of 2 noun

• And a lot of girls: in bars, in trucks, in boots and very fond of a drawl.
  — Jon Pareles New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• Hey Dude is so laid back, even its name greets you in a sleepy drawl.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
• Lewis and Smith are there to welcome them with the warm drawl of their native Texas.
  — Conrad Swanson, The Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2020
• Richards, who grew up in a small town in eastern Texas, speaks with a soft Texas drawl.
  — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 22 Oct. 2018
• His voice carries a hint of a drawl, an echo of his Texas childhood.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
• My tongue surrendered and a drawl emerged from my lips.
  — Tema Stauffer, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Then Ansari dials down his loud and nasal drawl to sotto voce.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 July 2019
• These days, the 27-year-old rhymes with a drawl untraceable to any region.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2023
• At the window, a drag queen in a bouffant and a gingham apron greets patrons in a slow Texas drawl.
  — Melissa Kravitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2018
• Rolling off the tongue well when spoken with a drawl is an absolute must.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2019
• By day the cicadas hammer out their battery-gun drawl; at night dogs bark in the village.
  — Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2020
• Over the past 20 years, there’s been a lot of mainstream country that sounded kind of like early-’80s Def Leppard with a drawl.
  — al, 23 Aug. 2022
• And Sharpe’s down-home humor and southern drawl have worked well with Bayless.
  — Langston Wertz Jr., charlotteobserver, 2 Apr. 2018
• The race is one of stark contrasts: Nelson is a throwback to a bygone era when the state’s Democrats talked with a Southern drawl.
  — Gary Fineout, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2018
• Brosnan speaks with an accent that’s a fusion of his own silvery brogue and a gruff drawl.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• But Clark, with his movie star good looks, his sweet drawl and twinkling sense of humor, captured our hearts.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 4 June 2018
• Beatrice would move through the crowd all night, her soft voice (still sporting a Texas drawl) causing people to lean in.
  — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
• There is nothing more soothing than the sound of Owen Wilson’s Texan drawl.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 14 July 2021
• The Black rodeo clown who stole the show with his jokes and exaggerated Southern drawl.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
• Amber Remer of Harrison said the story is full of words to draw out her drawl.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2019
• She was born in Georgia, retired to Georgia and never lost her Deep South drawl.
  — Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2018
• In reaccenting the word, Latto charges it with her Southern drawl.
  — Adam Bradley, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• In the track, listen to Lynn in her soothing and warmth-tinged drawl read the classic Christmastime poem.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2020
• Braly, who grew up on a cattle ranch in Ada, speaks with an Oklahoma drawl and has a white beard that tumbles down to his chest.
  — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
• Felix and Huck are the adults chasing the runaways, and Mahendru at least has fun trying out a drawl as a strong, silent type.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2020
• And Cage, jacked in an undershirt with long hair and a Southern drawl, becomes an action hero for the second time.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• This isn't the first time Matthew has used his soothing Southern drawl to comfort fans during the pandemic.
  — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 11 Apr. 2020
• With a sagging mustache and a wide drawl, Ed has the air of a canny retired sheriff in a Sam Peckinpah movie.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 11 June 2018
• Yes, he's got the distinctive Memphis drawl and the shoe-polish black hair, but our only glimpse of him as a performer is one shot of him from behind in his Vegas-era white jumpsuit.
  — EW.com, 24 Oct. 2023
• Whether their Cajun accents are syrup-thick or just a drawl, these folks are welcoming and willing to share their stories, as Shannon Villemarette does.
  — Robert N. Jenkins, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024