- present participle of draw.
drawing
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Ludlow and Cornelia are the young lovers whom William Dean Howells brings together in a novel set amid the art schools, boardinghouses, drawing rooms and artists’ studios of late-19th-century New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The loaf came tightly wrapped in cling film with a small white sticker bearing a line drawing of a blue barn.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Their physical development points to long-term practice involving demanding movements such as drawing a bowstring or controlling a weapon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Big public flagships have risen in status nationwide and are drawing more students seeking sports and Greek life—for far less than Syracuse charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
While I get a lot of compliments on my contest entry, it’s Leo’s drawing that makes me pause.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Her arms today are as colorful as Ruby’s notebooks: a collage of her favorite animals and objects, reproductions of her drawings, flowers in the shape of her handprint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They include a wall that has been covered in stuffed animals and a ceiling mural that was inspired by the drawings of his daughter, Sovereign.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
So do scribbly, charming drawings of a cat and studies of feet that emphasize grotesqueness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
For Cumming, it's the drawings made by his illustrator husband, Grant.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
At the desk, I flipped through the drawings, looking at all the sketches of shark parts—fins, teeth, and vertebrae.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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