drawn-out

[ drawn-out ]

/ ˈdrɔnˈaʊt /

Origin of drawn-out

First recorded in 1885–90

Cadets mimicked his commands, which he issued in drawn-out syllables in his high-pitched, mountain-inflected voice.

Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor |S. C. Gwynne |November 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But what they really need is a good, invigorating, clarifying, drawn-out fight.

What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight |James Poulos |November 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He finally died in a drawn-out battle with his Irish mobster nemesis, John Morrissey.

Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard |Nina Strochlic |October 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This stands in stark contrast in the drawn-out 2012 primary, which started with the Iowa Caucuses on Jan. 3.

With New Primary Rules, RNC Panel Will Aid the Establishment in 2016 |Ben Jacobs |January 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This place has gone through so many different changes and so many changes in leadership, and a long, drawn-out bankruptcy.

Operation: Stop Bruce Karsh From Selling Tribune to the Koch Brothers |David Freedlander |June 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The tube is tilted to keep the electrode away from the drawn-out end, which is melted off and sealed.

A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing |Bernard D. Bolas
A drawn-out low, weird monotone was the only response from that rock-like circle just beyond the light.

Picturesque Pala |George Wharton James
Two thousand feet below, with her drawn-out shape glittering dully in the starlight, was another Zeppelin.

Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. |Percy F. Westerman
Whoever has seen prisoners after having been flogged, will remember their thin, drawn-out features and their feverish looks.

The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia |Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The final closure is made by melting the drawn-out extension in the blowpipe flame; the finished seal being shown by g, Fig. 4.

A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing |Bernard D. Bolas