drawn down

past participle of draw down

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of drawn down To cover the cost increases out of pocket, trucking firms have drawn down savings, redirected spending away from maintenance, or halted purchases of fuel-efficient trucks. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, seemingly random lines accented peepers or were drawn down the middle of a mouth. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 It was drawn down to below $200 million following the hack, according to Bloomberg’s calculation of the fund’s disclosed wallet addresses, before being restored to more than $300 million. — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Inventories, or global stockpiles of crude oil, have been drawn down this spring and summer at a rapid clip, after governments around the world agreed in early March to release 400 million barrels of oil in a bid to ease soaring prices. — Gordon Lubold, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 Moscow has progressively drawn down the readily-fungible assets of its National Wealth Fund to cover wartime expenses and ballooning budget deficits. — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Europe came into the spring with gas storage at its lowest starting point in four years, drawn down by a cold winter and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — John Kerry, semafor.com, 23 July 2026 The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, America’s emergency stockpile of oil, has been drawn down significantly since the war broke out to help replace all those barrels of oil lost in the strait. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drawn down
Verb
  • At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
    — Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One example of this messaging disconnect played out on the Upper West Side, in the Democratic primary for the 69th Assembly District.
    — Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
  • Scenes like these have played out across the country as America celebrates its 250th birthday and more people look for ways to take part.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Fed into a calculation, it is used up to perform the extra gate, and any flaw in the state becomes a flaw in the gate.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Keep it meatless over rice or quinoa with some tofu, or mix in leftover chicken or beef that needs to be used up.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Trump is waging a campaign in the final moments of the midterm election to quell discontent among farmers, truckers and drivers exhausted by $4 gas and near-record diesel.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In an interview with the Financial Times, published today, Zelenskyy indicated his own patience had been exhausted.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Drawn down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drawn%20down. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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