drawl in English

noun
1
a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with unusually prolonged vowel sounds.
a Texas drawl
verb
1
speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds.
“Suits me fine,” he drawled
synonyms:say slowlyspeak slowlydrone
verb
    say slowlyspeak slowlydrone

Use "drawl" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "drawl" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "drawl", or refer to the context using the word "drawl" in the English Dictionary.

1. He speaks with a languid drawl.

2. His mother was speaking with a slight drawl.

3. She speaks with a Southern drawl.

4. Does he fake drawl or merely nod?

5. She spoke with soft Southern drawl.

6. He spoke in a monotone drawl.

7. Under direction of light drawl my shadow.

8. He had a bit of a Southern drawl.

9. Mr. Peter spoke in a soft drawl.

10. She spoke in a slow southern drawl.

11. "Where are y'all from?" he asked in a slow Southern drawl.

12. Virginia accent differs distinctly from the slow drawl of South Carolina.

13. By far the most talked - about speech characteristic of Southerners is their drawl.

14. " Good morning,'she cried , in her sweet, affected drawl, " Isn't it cold? "

15. Antonyms for Chinwagging include drawl, introspection, monologue, monolog, multilogue, quiet, silence and soliloquy

16. Whether Southern drawl or Mid-West twang, it was all the same to me.

17. CNN didn't identify the lawmaker who was speaking. He had a bit of a Southern drawl.

18. Theatre administrator Patricia McBride is calling on expert help to get the boy's drawl exactly right.

19. MGM's first order of business was to provide her with a speech coach, as her Carolina drawl was nearly incomprehensible to them.

20. Mr Wade hid his legal acumen behind a cigar-chewing country-boy manner and a thick East Texas drawl.

21. Only five feet seven tall, he spoke in a high pitched drawl[Sentencedict.com], a public school accent he often emphasized abroad.

22. What a commodity authenticity is, I marvel, as the piano man commands the heaving, Crapulent parlour as white-haired couples dance and laugh in Midlands drawl.

23. The West Country dialect smacks as much of the farmyard as the patois of the French peasant, or the even more deliberate drawl of the Texan cattleman.

24. Huckabee seems like a Backwoodser with a drawl, can anyone really expect a pastor to get elected in a general election?! Come on! Romney is obviously the republicans only chance to keep the white house

25. ‘a sweet lilt of Brogue in her voice’ ‘It seemed to be a mix between the English accent and the Irish Brogue.’ ‘Instead of the melodious tones of an Irish Brogue, the exaggerated drawl of an angry young man spat from the earpiece.’ ‘Irish people speak English with an accent known as a Brogue.’