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“Noooo,” Sen. Thom Tillis said in his North Carolina drawl when I asked if Trump had given him a pair.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Luiz, a French cab driver ferrying festivalgoers around Cannes, does good impersonations of both a Long Island accent and a Southern drawl, said he loves talking with Americans.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

He sings with an unusual drawl that connects to the diction of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and his compact melodies and tightly structured chord progressions put his voice and lyrics in the foreground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Byrne has said she has a go-to phrase -- "Patty hired 24-hour security for Katie" -- when she finds herself struggling to summon the Yankee drawl.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

“Rrruuukkku,” I heard the waste mart man drawl as he and the other man stumbled toward us, “I’ve found you.”

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

"Greetings in the name of his majesty," he drawls and, suddenly, it's like Marley is in the room.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

Wilson said no one in the music industry has told her to smooth out her drawls and y’alls, but she said plenty of people on social media question whether her accent is exaggerated.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2022

“Yes, sir — I’m ready,” Elvis drawls in response, “ready to fly.”

From New York Times ● May 25, 2022

“Saaaauce,” he drawls to his wife as he gazes upon his unwitting targets.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022

“And this here house ain’t big enough for the both of us,” Mr. Ramirez drawls in a funny voice.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

"Sorry to the people who were expecting Patchwork," he drawled after the song ended.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Gibbons drawled in the most famous 30-second spot touting Grape-Nuts as the "back-to-nature" cereal.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2023

Over rattling production from super-producer Mike-WiLL Made-It, Trouble drawled his street tales, bringing them to life in the 37-minute short film that accompanied the album.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2022

“I got nothing — n-o-t-h-i-n-g,” he drawled to the reporters waiting outside the Democrats’ closed door lunchroom Thursday as it became clear there would be no Christmas deal.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

“Why don’t you lift him up and put him on the hood of that car?” a corporal standing in back of Yossarian drawled.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

With Richards’s gnarled, withering guitar lines and Jagger drawling and declaiming, there’s no mistaking the band behind “Foreign Tongues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Platt played up the comedy of the quintessential Jewish outsider in a land of Confederate memorials and drawling manners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

No matter what role he took on in a career that lasted more than five decades, Gambon was always instantly recognizable by the deep and drawling tones of his voice.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

Yes, this film isn’t some Beatles-inspired riff but a sequel to the twisty 2019 romp “Knives Out,” which introduced Daniel Craig as the drawling detective Benoit Blanc.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

And then she heard a long drawling voice, the kind of voice that was deep for no reason.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds