Draw

"This configuration offered the capacity for an exceptionally long draw – Manchu archers drew all the way back to the point of the right shoulder[…]"

"The game ended in a draw."

"They're going to take away our draw! (referring to e.g. disability assistance)"

"She looked in [to the stove] and a tight, dismayed gasp escaped her. She slammed the door shut and adjusted the draw with trembling fingers. For a moment—just a moment—she had seen her old friend Annabelle Frane in the coals."

"The garden, curiously enough, was a quarter of a mile from the house, and the way to it led up a shallow draw past the cattle corral."

"So my friends and I would all chip in money to get a bag of weed or a draw."

"Selling draw to your mates but it's really Oxo cubes."

"The player to your left immediately raises you the minimum by clicking the raise button. This action immediately suggests that he's on a draw"

"Seals […] throw their bodies forward, drawing their hinder-parts after them."

"She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight."

"He drew himself to his full height and glowered at the interloper."

"How long her face is drawn!"

"the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee"

"[…] the golfer thinks, “Ah! To draw the ball, I must be like the old pros and incorporate hand action through impact, twisting the clubhead to the left.” All you have to do to apply the spin needed to draw the ball left is to create a very small conflict between the clubface aim and the path the clubhead is traveling."

"This ship draws ten feet of water."

"And if any manner of perſon attempted to moue the King to infringe any parte of thys ordynaunce, and that being knowne, for the firſt time, he ſhould be depriued of his goodes and poſſeſſions, and for the ſecond time, to be drawen thorough the Citie, and ſo put to execution as an arrant traytor."

"Greater hulks draw deep."

"This horse draws well."

"The carriage draws easily."

"water[…] will shrink or draw into less room"

"[…] No rogue e'er felt the halter [i.e., the hangman's noose] draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it."

"From the moment she entered the room, all eyes were drawn to her."

"A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies."

"These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]"

"The president’s comments have drawn strong criticism from right-wing media outlets."

"In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4."

"I drew a deep breath and wiped my brow."

"The chimney won’t draw properly if it’s clogged up with soot."

"The dough was run through the pasta machine and drawn into a long ribbon."

"to draw a mass of metal into wire"

"The ship’s sail drew when the wind blew strongly."

"Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves."

"The cat scratched her, drawing blood."

"They drew their swords and fought each other."

"to draw water from a well using a bucket"

"In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe."

"The winning lottery numbers were drawn every Tuesday."

"Go, wash thy face, and draw thy action."

"At the start of their turn, each player must draw a card."

"“Gave us a jolly good run. Viewed him across Gamley Heath, drew Meddington Big Wood, and then we lost him. Daddy was livid.”"

"I drew my last game against him."

"The circuit draws three hundred watts."

"He drew comfort from the thought that he was not the first to suffer this way."

"I had thought, sir, to have held my peace until / You have drawn oaths from him not to stay."

"He tried to draw a conclusion from the facts."

"to draw money from a bank"

"He refused to be drawn on the subject"

"The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep."

"Tea is much nicer if you let it draw for more than two minutes before pouring."

"Jill has four diamonds; she’ll try to draw for a flush."

"We drew the last time we played."

"She thought she heard a noise in her chamber, and she drew herself within the casement."

"The runners drew level with each other as they approached the finish line."

"As it drew towards evening, I packed up and headed for home."

"On one of my expeditions, after a stormy night, at the end of March, the hounds drew all day without finding a fox."

"He had drawn a mural on the wall of his apartment."

"to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange"

"Her first novel contained a host of characters who were richly and convincingly drawn."

"When I came in she was drawing on a big piece of coloured paper."