drawn-out

ADJECTIVE
  1. (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
  2. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
    a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
    protracted negotiations
    an extended discussion
    a prolonged and bitter struggle
    a drawn-out argument

How To Use drawn-out In A Sentence

  • By night he was embroiled in the drawn-out takeover talks.
  • Only a hypocrite would ban foxhunting but allow the more proletarian pleasures of fishing, which is quite clearly a form of drawn-out torture.
  • Still, many observers agreed: Inside the drawn-out epic was a good hour and a half waiting to get out.
  • I don't see a long, drawn-out multicourse meal as being romantic—you inevitably eat too much and when I overeat, it doesn't make me feel the most romantic," he says. A Special Gift, From the Chef
  • No pain to speak of, no long-drawn-out illness, no standing at the brink and staring out at the abyss. HOPE TO DIE
  • Then the concertmeister, sitting below, gave an audible murmur; and, together, the violins and the woodwinds began the first, long-drawn-out notes of the introduction. The Genius
  • This is the first skirmish of what could be a drawn-out battle. Times, Sunday Times
  • How worthless the whole drawn-out escapade has been.
  • Though tediously drawn-out, the ritualized debates reveal little of how the successful candidate will really perform once in office. Carne Ross: Down With Leadership
  • The trail was a long-drawn-out affair.
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