Thesaurus / draw away
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
She sought to draw away, but he would not let go, and gradually she yielded.
BEFORE THE DAWNJOSEPH ALEXANDER ALTSHELER
It came into his mind to draw away, but he could not, and he kissed her back.
THE MANXMANHALL CAINE
This is the spotted garment that we should lay off and draw away from as long as we live.
There is little else to draw away our thoughts from the solitary image.
THE STONES OF VENICE, VOLUME II (OF 3), JOHN RUSKIN
If the weak and spindling shoots are allowed to grow they will draw away the strength from the roots, to the injury of the crop.
ASPARAGUS, ITS CULTURE FOR HOME USE AND FOR MARKET:F. M. HEXAMER
Gaston winced as he saw it, and he laid his strong, warm hand over the cold fingers that did not draw away.
JOYCE OF THE NORTH WOODSHARRIET T. COMSTOCK
But it was not long before Herbert began to draw away from his antagonist.
HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACYHORATIO ALGER
Feigning to acquiesce, they managed to draw away from the soldiers, and then made a run for the beach.
He hoped in the first place to regular the functions of nature and to draw away the abscess in the head through the ear.
PIERRETTEHONORE DE BALZAC
Figure of a youth leaning forward, to draw away the fallen warrior.
WORDS RELATED TO DRAW AWAY
- abjure
- absent oneself
- back out
- bail out
- blow
- book
- bow out
- check out
- depart
- detach
- disengage
- draw away
- draw back
- drop out
- ease out
- eliminate
- exfiltrate
- exit
- extract
- fall back
- get away
- get lost
- get off
- give ground
- give way
- go
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- leave
- make oneself scarce
- phase out
- pull back
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- retire
- retreat
- run along
- secede
- seclude oneself
- shrink
- switch
- take a hike
- take away
- take leave
- take off
- take out
- vacate
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