Draw

He drew a sheaf of papers from his bag.

Lys shuddered, and I put my arm around her and drew her to me; and thus we sat throughout the hot night. She told me of her abduction and of the fright she had undergone, and together we thanked God that she had come through unharmed, because the great brute had dared not pause along the danger-infested way.

At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.

She settled in the window seat, drawing her leg up beneath her.

She took a deep breath and drew her corset-strings.

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

She drew the curtains to let in the sunlight.

You should draw the curtains at night for privacy.

It is realised that the old Pullman standard sleeper, with its convertible "sections", each containing upper and lower berths, and with no greater privacy at night than the curtains drawn along both sides of a middle aisle, has had its day.

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.

His mind was drawn back to the events of the preceding morning.

Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.

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

The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

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

Keep a watch upon the particular bias which nature has fixed in their minds, that it may not draw too much.

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.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.

So always look on the bright side of death, / Just before you draw your terminal breath.

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.

Matthew Garth woulda let Tom Dunstan drill him insteada drawin’ against him.

Pensak made an inarticulate shout of surprise, and O stepped away from the sudden precipice so hard that she collided with the back of the elevator, and yelped. Both of them drew their weapons, as they were trained to do when confronted with the unknown, and there was something almost touchingly naïve about that. About drawing down on a featureless void.

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.

Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn.

In the drawing of lots, my sister drew her own room, and I drew Master B.'s.

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 game is won when a player places any of his pieces on the same square with his opponent's Princess, or when a Chief takes a Chief. It is drawn when a Chief is taken by any opposing piece other than the opposing Chief;[…]

The circuit draws three hundred watts.

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

She draws her subject matter from the events of her own life.

[Chappell] Roan draws from the mega-pop of the 2010s, from Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift – then laces it with sexually frank asides and lavish doses of camp, and performs it with a maximalist, absurd aesthetic indebted to drag, John Waters and Freddie Mercury.

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.

We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history.

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.

"There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.

She made a pot of very strong tea, and while she was waiting for it to draw she opened the kitchen door to inspect her garden.

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.

Draw near to the fire and I will tell you a tale.

The end of the world draws near.

Heavy clouds drew together above our heads.

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

As the war drew to its end, it became evident that repairs and rebuilding in the heavily blitzed Greater London area would be so extensive as to afford opportunity for effective large-scale planning.

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.

A flattering painter, vvho made it his care / To dravv men as they ought to be, not as they are.

Can I untouch'd the Fair ones Paſſions move? / Or Thou draw Beauty, and not feel it's Pow'r?

Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

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

Clerk, draw a deed of gift.

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.

At the mountain’s base is the leafy suburb of Kowloon Tong. It has never been a big tourist draw, but in the decade since territorial control returned to China, this quintessentially Hong Kong neighborhood has had many more visitors — and important changes.

After It, Clara became one of the top box-office draws in Hollywood, but her popularity was short lived.

the Wild West's quick-draw champion

The draw is on Saturday.

Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's 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.

I'm twenty-something young with my priorities straight / I need to buy a booze and I need to buy a draw

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

Mick spoke to Simon, who was more of a drinker. He said that people who smoked draw were boring.

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