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The phrase "is drawn out" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to convey that something is taking longer than it should or is expected to. For example: "The meeting is drawn out and so far, no progress has been made."
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The argument is drawn out over multiple fronts.
The build-up to the inevitable collision is drawn out unnervingly.
Occasionally, spinal fluid leaks or is drawn out in a spinal tap.
Something is drawn out of us with a harrowing effect, which Friedrich's use of color nudges toward intoxication.
And in this unfolding gesture, the figure's moral shakiness is drawn out too – from almost resistance to almost surrender.
You barely notice Chris Langham's absence, or that this festive special is drawn out over an hour.
A sequence in which a Jordanian who may provide access to bin Laden approaches an American military installation is drawn out to a level of almost unendurable suspense.
The movie is drawn out with a tedious subplot involving Patrick's efforts to keep his son from being snatched by child services.
The loose end is drawn out by gravity or the breeze and allowed to blow in the prevailing wind, a process called kiting or ballooning.
The oil flows out under its own steam for a few weeks and then is drawn out by nodding donkeys (above).
I hate the idea that it's for middle-class white people" – that "hate" is drawn out to a long hiss – "theatre is for everybody".
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