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Example sentences for "drew from"

  • The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours.

  • Mrs. Heeny, swooping down on her bag, drew from it a handful of newspaper cuttings, which she spread on her ample lap and proceeded to sort with a moistened forefinger.

  • He drew from me the full tale of my adventures, breaking into a great gust of laughter when I related the manner of my dealing with Don Ygnacio.

  • Posting myself betwixt the two, I drew from my pocket a small box of powder of chalk, and unrolled the canvas, yet so that the Spaniard might not see its inner side, and with solemn circumstance I dusted it with the powder.

  • The consciousness of what I had been doing deepened yet the glowing of my cheeks, flushed with the warmth of the late action, which, joined to the piquant air of my dishabile, drew from Mr. H.

  • He invested the tale of Lear with a hopelessly tragic conclusion, and on it he grafted the equally distressing tale of Gloucester and his two sons, which he drew from Sidney's 'Arcadia.

  • But Shakespeare soon outpaced his master, and the inspiration that he drew from Marlowe in the 'Merchant' touches only the general conception of the central figure.

  • The guide opening his capacious wallet, drew from it a venison pasty, some bread, and a couple of bottles of Madeira.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "drew from" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    arms features; cheerful heart; colored woman; come near; come tell; drew back; drew forth; drew from; drew from his pocket; drew her; drew himself; drew myself; drew near; drew nearer; drew nigh; drew rein; four things; fourth inch; great mortality; just going; not being; not mine; peculiar form; though differing; when compared; wing candidates