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indrawn

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in·drawn  (ndrôn)
adj.
1. Drawn in or inward: an indrawn gasp.
2. Introverted; withdrawn: "Her psychiatrist had pronounced her too tense and indrawn to endure a strange teacher" (Louis Auchincloss).
indrawn [ˌɪnˈdrɔːn]
adj
1. drawn or pulled in
2. inward-looking or introspective
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.indrawn - tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
withdrawn
reserved - marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
Translations
indrawn [ˌɪnˈdrɔːn] ADJ we watched with indrawn breath → mirábamos casi sin respirar
indrawn
adj
breath → eingezogen
(form) person → zurückhaltend


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He was not used to the fear of an enemy, but the memory of Lady Carey's white cheeks and indrawn lips as she had entered his carriage chilled him.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Arthur did not notice it, but I could hear the deep hiss of indrawn breath which is one of Van Helsing's ways of betraying emotion.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
He saw her bending over pythons coiled upon the sand, or considering the brown rock breaking the stagnant water of the alligators' pool, or searching some minute section of tropical forest for the golden eye of a lizard or the indrawn movement of the green frogs' flanks.
Night and Day by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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