: showing the effects of tension, pain, or illness : haggard
a face drawn with pain
Examples of drawn in a Sentence
Adjective
His illness left him looking very pale and drawn.
She had a drawn face.
Recent Examples on the Web
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Now that the Queen has decided to abdicate, people are even more drawn to it.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024
But Doritos Silent does perhaps speak to how drawn marketers—including Heineken, which recently offered a gaming PC that doubles as a fridge—are to the video game industry.
—Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
The filmmakers set Franklin up in a posh chair in front of a big window with drawn shades refracting translucent skyline.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
As predicted, those who ate crackers — and became more thirsty — seemed more drawn to the glossy images.
—Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
My eye is very drawn to sprinkles.
—Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
So you’re very drawn to Cancerians.
—Alexandra Jones, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2021
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
Adjective
But many aerospace majors remain more drawn to buzz than benefits and legacies.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Now that the Queen has decided to abdicate, people are even more drawn to it.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024
But Doritos Silent does perhaps speak to how drawn marketers—including Heineken, which recently offered a gaming PC that doubles as a fridge—are to the video game industry.
—Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
The filmmakers set Franklin up in a posh chair in front of a big window with drawn shades refracting translucent skyline.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
As predicted, those who ate crackers — and became more thirsty — seemed more drawn to the glossy images.
—Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
My eye is very drawn to sprinkles.
—Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2023
So you’re very drawn to Cancerians.
—Alexandra Jones, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2021
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
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