noun
definition
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
verb
definition
To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
definition
To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
definition
To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
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To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
Examples of drawl in a Sentence
Lana met his gaze, hearing his Southern drawl for the first time.
His rich drawl betrayed no more emotion than his words.
His voice sounded stronger today, and his southern drawl struck her as oddly familiar.
He had the southern drawl down to an art and his deep warm voice added a realistic touch.
He spoke with a soft drawl.
Alice almost stamped with irritation at the slow drawl in which he spoke.
The halls rang with the accents of English volunteers adrift in a city of southern drawl.
In her deep southern drawl, she said, " It's OK.
Chill the beers and practice your Texan drawl because the Hills are back!
Indeed, his near-the-knuckle gags are largely only pardoned by his rhythmic, polite, almost monotone drawl.
Some still have the giveaway Southern drawl, others have lost the twang forever, and the remainder can switch it on and off at will.
The chocolates, the familiar insistence that she learn to protect herself, the Southern drawl.
A barred owl called "you-all" in a southern drawl, jarring him to the reality that the sun had set.
Maybe it was the fact that he had to cope with an American drawl, rather than his usual Northern accent.
The masculine voice was low and calm, his speech marked by a Southern drawl.
He is an American and his voice had a drawl to.. .
The entire trip took just over an hour with the driver, a volunteer from Amarillo, Texas who never stopping his constant drawl of friendly conversation, little of which Dean heard.