Use "long-drawn-out" em uma frase

1. With a fearsome, deep throated sound it prepared itself for the frightful leap, and yet our self- assured officer bellowed in a long-drawn-out voice that sounded like the rumble of thunder: ‘Bullets!’ Miraculously, the beast became calm once again and squatted on its haunches, while our officer continued to smoke, utterly contented and totally in control of the strange situation in which he found himself