Word: drawled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...makes certain concessions (such as the Mercury in Ford clothing) to what his constituents expect of a Texas governor, but he is not the type known to the rest of the country as the professional Texan. His hats are apt to be more nearly five-gallon than ten, his drawl is under control, and his public manner is more earnest than hearty. He can even kid the Texas myth a little. In a recent radio interview with Bob Crosby, he said: "I'd like to say something serious now, something I want all the world to know and remember...
...from the Ziegfeld Follies, in which Rogers starred. But it is in Will Rogers Jr.'s performance that his father comes most alive on the screen: the familiar slouch with hands jammed in pockets, the unruly forelock, the sheepish grin, the shambling wisecracks delivered in his famous gumchewing drawl...
...experienced admiral arranging a fleet for battle. None of Novelist Tucker's girls is an Anna Karenina or an Emma B ovary, but all four are distinct, believable and likable. And though they come on only for bit parts, Novelist Tucker's Negroes loll and drawl a pungent counterpoint to the sly, good-tempered comedy of pursuit...
...geographic spread has given Stark a "neutral" accent that can't be easily identified with any region of the U.S. Network executives have a theory that national audiences are distracted by such regional characteristics as the broad "a" of New England, the twang of the far West, the drawl of the South. Much better, for their purpose, is a man like Stark who sounds as if he came from nowhere and everywhere...
...Vinson's right, Justice Hugo Lafayette Black put on his thick-rimmed glasses and picked up a sheaf of papers. In his Alabama half-drawl, he began reading the majority decision. Its conclusion...