How to Use drawback in a Sentence

drawback

1 of 2 noun

• The trip sounds great, but cost is a major drawback.
• The main drawback is that at half an hour, this manic free-for-all starts to wear the viewer out.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Oct. 2021
• The biggest drawback, of course, is the lack of human judgment.
  — Nish Parikh, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• Humans are both a benefit and a drawback when residing in the driver’s seat.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• The Serbian inventor recognized early on that a main drawback of the airplane is its need for a long runway.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2021
• The biggest drawback of the Xbox Adaptive Controller is pricing.
  — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 27 Sep. 2021
• The steep upfront cost compared to conventional heating and cooling equipment is the biggest drawback of heat pumps.
  — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2021
• Bitcoin's drawback is that electricity is finite, and what Bitcoin uses, a family or a business can't use.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2021
• Cora’s only drawback was a lack of major league managerial experience.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• In addition to the unclear military benefits of deploying those weapons, there would also be diplomatic drawbacks.
  — David Hodari, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
• The only drawback of a high-frequency movement is extra wear and tear on the components, but recent advancements in materials have solved that problem.
  — Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• However, several drawbacks arose due to their internal chemistry, and that's prevented them from being widely adopted.
  — New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024
• The main drawback is that with the rears down the space is not flat.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
• One drawback: Some users aren't fans of the strong scent.
  — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2022
• Some 200ft of frontage lines the lake, but there are a few drawbacks.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• The drawback here is the cruise line chooses your room.
  — Colleen Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
• One drawback was that this beach tent didn’t work very well for us in the wind.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• The drawback is that there just aren’t many great Android tablet apps.
  — Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2022
• The only drawback is that there are no drainage holes on the bottom.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2022
• One drawback to the service is that sizes only range from 0 to 16.
  — Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• The only drawback is that the map can feel almost too bright at times.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• The biggest drawback is that there isn’t enough skilled labor to achieve this.
  — Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
• The Hisense range comes in at a great price, but there are a few drawbacks to consider.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
• All these drawbacks prompted the sense that the hamper is a bit overpriced.
  — Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
• The 52 dBA, which is a standard noise rating, may be a drawback for some.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
• The only drawback of this, is the agencies may take awhile to address the problem.
  — oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022
• The biggest drawback is that there were only two seasons of the show.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
• The only drawback is not being able to be at every stage at the same time.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024
• The major drawback users report is that the spray nozzle can leak.
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2024
• There are so many drawbacks to people being unable to seek the help that hurt them in the long run.
  — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024

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draw back

2 of 2 verb

• As the moon and South Node align, you’re drawn back to the scene of the crime.
  — USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
• The workers drew back the curtains, and the desert sun poured in.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• The bow and arrow was drawn back for a LONG time but that thang is in the air now!!
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
• But the subconscious part of her is being drawn back to the women.
  — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 6 May 2023
• The flag must always fall free and must never be festooned, drawn back or up, or in folds.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Hukka asked the courtier who came into his bedroom to draw back the curtains.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
• Twitter, like each of its users, has two options for the long term: double down or draw back.
  — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2021
• Every time Perry tried to film the scene, Faye drew back from thrashing the little girl.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
• But, having envisaged the ultimate, Wells knew how to draw back to the close at hand.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• Take your fingers away and draw back the hammer until the claw is at or just behind your shoulder.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• When Izi's son falls ill, he's drawn back into a life of crime with a heist that promises to change their lives forever.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Hours after the eruption, people in the bustling port city of Çeşme-Bağlararası—which is flanked by two rivers at the end of Çeşme Bay—must have seen the waters of the bay draw back from the shore.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
• These characters are like magnets, drawn back to each other over and over.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• As several of my father’s friends from Nashville would attest over the years, the quartet was a draw back then.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022
• The warden eventually wrangled the bobcat with his catch pole and, with the help of a deputy who drew back the broken grille, pulled the feline out.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Still, the former president could soon be drawn back into the headlines.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Uber will increase its fares by 10% in London from today in a bid to draw back drivers to the ride-hailing platform.
  — Iain Martin, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• These retailers are cutting prices to try to draw back customers.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Louvet said, drawing back the curtain on his back and forth with the company’s namesake.
  — Evan Clark, WWD, 7 Aug. 2024
• With time running out, the Mavericks got gritty themselves, enough to draw back even.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2024
• Twitter has been trying to use the game to draw back advertisers that ditched the platform after Elon Musk took over.
  — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
• Similarly, Aoki Lee Simmons’ slicked back wash-and-go curls were at shoulder length, and drawn back into a bun by the end of the night.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
• Without Vlasic, Kyle Burroughs will draw back into the lineup as the Sharks hope to earn their first victory in three games.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Left San Francisco, now in the south of France and battling emphysema, not really in the game, and gets drawn back into the game.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
• Shorebirds would draw back the curtain with each flyby, sending the fish further into a frenzy.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2021
• But he was drawn back to boxing because of financial hardships.
  — James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
• Go for a Mayan massage in the Muluk Spa, after which therapists draw back the curtains to reveal the candy-floss blue of the Caribbean.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• In May, India could draw back on that experience from two months prior.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2021
• The event features many returning artists and vendors, drawn back by the appeal of connection in the industry.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2023
• During the procedure, an Alexis wound retractor (AWR), a device used to draw back the edges of a wound during surgery, was left in her abdomen.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024