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  • present participle of draw.
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drawing

[draw-ing] / ˈdrɔ ɪŋ /


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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

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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