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adjective

Definition of drawlednext
as in muttered

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drawled

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verb

past tense of drawl
as in said
to speak slowly with vowel sounds that are longer than usual He drawled his name in a Southern accent.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawled
  1. uttered
  2. whispered
  3. mouthed
  4. told
  5. voiced
Verb
  • Well, that’s just not a common word uttered by the holidayers dressed in designer kaftans.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Not a word of condemnation has been uttered by the Western mainstream media, none whatsoever.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of uttered
Verb
  • Still, something hit differently when Barlow leaned into Bateman’s ear and whispered those now-iconic words.
    Lindy Segal, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After all, the Colombian author himself took years to craft this fictional town, which for many was born in One Hundred Years of Solitude but had been whispered into existence through earlier stories.
    Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of whispered
Adjective
  • The stars each mouthed lines their characters said while taking a phone call.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • British scientists have developed a choker that detects its wearer's silently mouthed words, and converts them into audible synthetic speech.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of mouthed
Verb
  • Every night the lamb would cry, and be told to hush, for its bleats disturbed their sleep.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • We’ve always been told that TV was a business that aimed to create long-running hits!
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of told
Verb
  • Vengeance Most Fowl will be the first not to feature Sallis, who had voiced Wallace since 1989’s A Grand Day Out.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, the movie works as sort of a tale of the past told by Rafiki to Kiara, Simba’s daughter (voiced by Blue Ivy Carter).
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
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