How to Use drawn in a Sentence

drawn

adjective

• She had a drawn face.
• His illness left him looking very pale and drawn.
• The threat of an elbow poke is akin to the threat of a drawn sword.
  — Leah Garchik, SFChronicle.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• These are the stories that need to be told by the people who need to, and feel drawn to, be the ones telling them.
  — Jessica Gold, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• What makes a big play such a big part of football, and why are we so drawn to it as fans?
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2021
• As the two arrived at the truck, police cars and officers with drawn weapons boxed them in, the lawsuit says.
  — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 1 June 2018
• What hasn’t changed is that people drawn to cities like to experience them on foot.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• It’s been a human drama, and anyone who comes from the U.K., and even the U.S., has obviously been sort of more drawn into it, with the heir and the spare.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2023
• While her family in the U.S. were not strongly connected to Islam, Barham felt more and more drawn to it.
  — Bridget Early, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2021
• But with school boards and superintendents so drawn to tech, what can those parents do about trends that have gone so far in class?
  — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017
• That’s why people remain drawn to Peele’s film and especially to Lee’s.
  — New York Times, 20 May 2021
• Since his appointment at the end of December, the Swans have won five and drawn five of his 13 matches in charge, only losing three games.
  — SI.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• The kit is a four-horse drawn carriage model, inspired by the 1902 State Landau, complete with the happy couple and a royal coat of arms.
  — Kate Samuelson, Time, 14 May 2018
• Her family is a huge reason why the author is so drawn to gardening.
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 16 Mar. 2019
• But as the project has evolved, Spitz has become more drawn to the quieter moments; sunlight falling on her mother’s blonde hair or her mom on a lonely beach walk.
  — TIME.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Some people seem a little too drawn to it, but, Vasta recalls, Bastida remained focused on the goal.
  — Lizzie Widdicombe, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2021
• It was then introduced to Emily’s T cells, which had been carefully centrifuged from her drawn blood.
  — Charles Graeber, WIRED, 25 July 2019
• Some have knocked heads with Hurley, yes, drawn suspensions; some have played very sparingly.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• The Foundation for Hospital Art will send you a kit, complete with pre-drawn canvases and art supplies.
  — Martha Shade, CNN, 13 Dec. 2020
• Featuring two pre-drawn flipbooks, one blank flipbook, four non-toxic markers, and three clips, this kit will help your kids make up to three flipbooks just for pops.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 21 Apr. 2022
• Pat is perhaps the only man in criminal history to have cops with drawn guns surround his house to make prisoners of ferrets and Pat, to boot.
  — Fred Dickey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• The police say there is no such thing as a routine stop; the driver's behavior can turn it into a high-risk encounter calling for drawn weapons and other measures.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2021
• Looking at Ralph Lauren’s latest collection, many may feel drawn to faraway places filled with white-sand beaches, carefree nights, and palm trees.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2018
• And for a man who spends 100 nights a year on the road, who has produced and directed hundreds of shows in the last eight years, who has published five books in the last two years, Bryan Doerries does not look drawn or haggard or tired.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2017
• Garland surely seems like a dreadfully difficult person to deal with, but from beginning to end Lutz’s Judy leaves no room to doubt why people are so drawn to her.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017
• Soon, Sonia’s pale, drawn face became one on which the opposition could project all kinds of sinister intentions.
  — Raghu Karnad, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2017
• There's often a great divide between those who feel drawn to poetry in adolescence and those who enjoy it throughout adulthood.
  — Elizabeth Lund, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
• Trillions of dollars have left stock- and bond-picking firms in the past decade, as investors have become more drawn to less-expensive and often better-performing ETFs and index funds.
  — Justin Baer, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
• Districts would still need to be contiguous and preference would be given to compactly drawn districts.
  — Allison Kite, kansascity, 15 May 2018
• Democrats, meanwhile, are using the address as an opportunity to take fresh aim at Trump’s agenda, which has stoked controversy and drawn fierce protests across the country.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2017

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