as in speaks
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 drawls These are texts that hide their depth under a thick layer of flatulence jokes, loud guitars or Texas drawls. —
Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
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And they’re trained from birth to believe that the prophet speaks directly with God and to obey whatever the prophet tells them to do.— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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Mulhouse Public Prosecutor Nicolas Heitz speaks to the press after a boy was discovered naked and malnourished on a pile of rubbish in a van where he had been kept locked up, in Hagenbach, eastern France, on April 10, 2026.— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
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Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
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Molina-Mulcahy additionally shouts out color as a major sunglasses trend for 2026.— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
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The Mendoza ad will circulate on ESPN and on social media, the executive says – but not for very long.— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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The indictment says that in exchange for money, the soldiers maintained contact with Iranian intelligence operatives over a few months and carried out a range of tasks under their direction.— Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
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The phrase also sometimes is used as a battle cry and has been employed by those with a nefarious agenda to instill fear of anyone who utters it and to raise concerns about Islam itself, according to Muslim scholars and civil rights advocates.— Michelle Krupa, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
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Falduto utters the words as his character Billy to Dewey, playing the opinionated student who becomes the stylist for the band.— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
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His career collapsed in 2017, when decades of Hollywood whispers about his behavior toward women became public accusations in news and social media.— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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The serene setting, where only the wind whispers through the pines, makes this remote ranch perfect for an unforgettable family escape.— Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
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The researchers exposed about 8,000 rice seeds submerged in water—their preferred growing condition—to rain sounds.— K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
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And if relocating near a big city in Texas sounds appealing, Investopedia highlights Grand Prairie.— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
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Jason Schwartzman voices Kevin and Aubrey Plaza, who co-created and co-wrote the series, also voices a character.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson plays Malcolm/Fisto and Kristin Wiig voices the character Roboto.— Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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Men, society tells us ad nauseam, are simple creatures.— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
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Looking at these deals tells you that this is not a company dabbling in data centers.— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Drawls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/drawls. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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