- present participle of drawl.
drawling
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A minute of research, or just an honest accounting that nearly all his early rockabilly hits were cover songs, puts the lie to the idea that Elvis was a drawling bolt from the blue.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
The voice was hostile, and it had a drawling Texan sound.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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