DRAINAGE in a Sentence

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1. Look at the report and be prepared to be shocked by the photo of the main drainage canal.
2. A sewer is an artificial pipe or system used to remove human liquid waste and to provide drainage.
3. However, if the geometrical line is in place anywhere, it is certainly in the drainage trench of a great city.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRAINAGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
drainage
 n.  emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
Classic Sentence:
1  They were the drainage of the great festering ulcer of society; they were hideous to look upon, sickening to talk to.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  Gas and ventilation, drainage and water-service, all of the primest quality.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
3  However, if the geometrical line is in place anywhere, it is certainly in the drainage trench of a great city.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS
Example Sentence:
1  Look at the report and be prepared to be shocked by the photo of the main drainage canal.
2  A sewer is an artificial pipe or system used to remove human liquid waste and to provide drainage.