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Meanings of draughty in English

Not airtight.

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Examples for "drafty"
Examples for "drafty"
1
Lili wondered as they talked, as darkness fell in the drafty building.
Gratitude
2
One aunt lived upstairs and an uncle out on the drafty porch.
The new yorker
3
Nothing is more uncomfortable in winter than cold and drafty floors.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
4
I just needed to extract myself politely and get my drafty rear upstairs.
Through the grinder
5
Steven rubbed his hands together in the suddenly damp, drafty office.
Torment
Usage of draughty in English
1
The room is very draughty: I fear it will give you cold.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
2
Perhaps it is because their own houses are so draughty and uncomfortable.
Kimono
3
It is too draughty up here, just at present, for my taste.
The Literary World Seventh Reader
4
Dick had to make do with the draughty side by the wall.
The secret river
5
This place is so draughty, and I am afraid of the bears!
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
6
Probably draughty as hell, and a pain to heat in the winter.
From hell with love
7
Then we waited on the stone stairs; it was very draughty.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers / Being the Adventures of the ...
8
Up at the station it was always draughty and generally cold.
Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
9
It's the least draughty apartment in all the confoundedly draughty House of Life.'
The Trespasser
10
Edward again went on walking and waiting under the draughty roof.
Desperate Remedies
11
Our hut was large and roomy, but draughty to an extreme.
The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen...
12
Poorly insulated Soviet-era apartment blocks leak heat through draughty windows and thin roofs.
Reuters
13
It's a miserably draughty hovel that functions as living quarters year-round.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
14
Come in, you may take cold in this nasty, draughty passage.
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
15
We found the bathroom draughty, but the powerful shower distracted nicely.
Independent.ie
16
Marion, without tea or courage, settled herself and the baby in the draughty waiting-room.
Hyacinth
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