lazy drawl

Frequency: 5.21.1 per million words

emphasizes the lack of effort and slowness in speech

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Examples (10)

  • He answered the phone with a lazy drawl.
  • The old cowboy, leaning back in his chair, spoke in a characteristic lazy drawl.
  • "Well, I suppose so," she said, her voice a lazy drawl that stretched out the vowels.
  • "No need to hurry," he said, his voice a lazy drawl typical of the region.
  • His lazy drawl made him sound uninterested, even though he was paying close attention.
  • The humid afternoon air seemed to thicken his speech into a lazy drawl.
  • Despite her energetic personality, she adopted a lazy drawl when she was trying to be charming.
  • Could you understand what he was saying through that thick, lazy drawl?
  • I still remember his lazy drawl from my childhood summers in the South.
  • Her sharp, quick speech was a stark contrast to his slow, lazy drawl.