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indrawing - What does it mean?

Definition of 'indrawing'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • an inhale of breath
  • *{{quote-book|year=1910|author=Myrtle Reed|title=Master of the Vineyard|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=But--oh," she added, with a sharp indrawing of her breath, "how I did love him!" }}
  • *{{quote-book|year=1906|author=Fred M. White|title=The Slave of Silence|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=The words came with a fierce hissing indrawing of the speaker's breath. }}
  • *{{quote-book|year=1897|author=Maud Wilder Goodwin|title=Flint|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=But the only outward expression they gained was a throwing back of the head, and a deep indrawing of the breath, followed by the quite uninspired exclamation, "Holloa, there's the ocean!" }}