DRAINED in a Sentence

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79 example sentences for DRAINED, such as:

1. All my effort went down the drain.
2. The debates drained him of his fire.
3. It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
4. Pull the plug and let the water drain away.
5. It was drained of light, severe, stone cold.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRAINED
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drain
 n.  draw out; flow out; waste
Classic Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1  She could think but could not feel, not about him nor Tara either, for she was drained of all emotion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
2  The afternoon's events had drained her of all feeling, first the startling news about the taxes, then Ashley and, last, her murderous rage at Jonas Wilkerson.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
3  It was drained of life's blood and there was a pinched look about the nose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
4  She felt exhausted in body and drained of emotions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
5  He looked drained and as though nothing she had said was of any moment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
6  Trenor drained the glass he had filled for himself, and paused to set it down before he answered.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
7  Through the long hours of silence the dark spirit of fatigue and loneliness crouched upon her breast, leaving her so drained of bodily strength that her morning thoughts swam in a haze of weakness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
8  The insinuating music drained her independence.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
9  The backs of the other shops were an impressionistic picture of dirty grays, drained browns, writhing heaps of refuse.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  Kennicott and Main Street had drained her self-reliance; the presence of Hugh made her feel temporary.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
11  He sipped the wine slowly, and when he had drained the glass she laid it upon the table and wiped his lips with her little filmy handkerchief.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
12  The debates drained him of his fire.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
13  Another and another cup were drained, with feverish eagerness.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
15  It was drained of light, severe, stone cold.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
17  All my effort went down the drain.
18  The mortgage is a drain on our financial resources.
19  They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.
20  His wife's illness has been a great drain on his income.
21  They used bleach to kill any germs in the sink and drain.
22  Pull the plug and let the water drain away.
23  First, you have to drain the container of all the old oil.
24  Remove the turkey from the pan and drain off the excess fat.
25  I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates.
26  Despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters, Nigeria refines only a very small proportion of even its own fuel needs, and has to import the rest - a severe and unnecessary drain on resources.
27  If there is brain drain from a particular country, it can scarcely develop.
28  Before serving the spaghetti, place it in a colander to drain it.
29  We've seen clumsy security measures make life miserable at our airports and drain vitality from our public spaces.
30  The drains flooded and water overflowed down the main street.