DRAWING in a Sentence

Learn DRAWING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
349 example sentences for DRAWING, such as:
1. Join the dots up to complete the drawing.
2. Hours passed and the evening is drawing in.
3. Meanwhile, the mazurka was drawing to a close.
4. Anna Pavlovna's drawing room was gradually filling.
5. He nibbled a piece of bread while drawing a picture.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DRAWING
drawing
 n.  an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
 n.  a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  At that moment she was drawing on a long glove and, doubtless, pining to be flying over the dancing-floor, where, with clicking heels, four couples had now begun to thread the mazes of the mazurka.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII
2  In a solitary window a light is flickering where some good burgher is mending his boots, or a baker drawing a batch of dough.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
3  For that matter, Chichikov himself had noticed that Tientietnikov was in the habit of drawing heads of which each representation exactly resembled the rest.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
4  Yes," he said, sucking his lips, and drawing a deep breath, "in the first place, make a pasty in four divisions.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
5  'That's very praiseworthy self-abnegation,' Pavel Petrovitch declared, drawing himself up, and throwing his head back.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  'Saucy mite,' said Fenitchka, not drawing her face away.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  'Yes, a force is not to be called to account,' said Arkady, drawing himself up.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  She got up from the sofa, and carelessly drawing a velvet cape trimmed with yellowish ermine over her shoulders, she said languidly, 'Good-morning, Victor,' and pressed Sitnikov's hand.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Meanwhile, the mazurka was drawing to a close.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  Yes, I am old, she added, softly drawing the ends of her lace over her bare arms.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  Anna Sergyevna gave him some drink, not taking off her glove, and drawing her breath timorously.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  A January day was drawing to its close; the cold evening was more keen than ever in the motionless air, and a lurid sunset was rapidly dying away.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  "Listen, dear Annette," said the prince, suddenly taking Anna Pavlovna's hand and for some reason drawing it downwards.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
14  Anna Pavlovna's drawing room was gradually filling.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
15  Anna Pavlovna greeted him with the nod she accorded to the lowest hierarchy in her drawing room.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1  The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.
2  Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
3  The artist pored over every drawing,trying to guess who drew each one.
4  The value of data depends on our skill in drawing inferences from it.
5  At the farm there was an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.
6  He nibbled a piece of bread while drawing a picture.
7  The current system just isn't working - we need to go back to the drawing board and start afresh.
8  The train is just drawing into the station; if we hurry, we can catch it.
9  Join the dots up to complete the drawing.
10  Someone in the workshop ran away with the design drawing of the new motor.
11  Hours passed and the evening is drawing in.
12  Knowledge of human anatomy is essential to figure drawing.
13  In spite of some immaturity in the figure drawing and painting, it showed real imagination.
14  Be sure to indicate in your drawing the independent and dependent variables.
15  The most valuable item on show will be a Picasso drawing.