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.