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drew on

VERB

use to advantage

Synonyms

WEAK

effect employ exploit extract fall back on have recourse to make use of rely on require take from

Example Sentences

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His failures were many and spectacular, but in 1940, as Britain fought alone against Hitler’s Germany, he drew on a lifetime’s writing about greatness to embody it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The study drew on data from more than 205,000 U.S. health professionals who participated in three major long-term studies conducted between 1984 and 2021.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

The report, titled Age of Autopilot, drew on insights from three surveys carried out between 2024 and 2026.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

I held my hand as if I had a pencil in it and drew on the glass case, over the tail feathers.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt