DRAUGHT in a Sentence

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59 example sentences for DRAUGHT, such as:

1. I fear that you have felt the draught.
2. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll.
3. A draught in the room was necessary for that.
4. That draught is too much for my horse to pull.
5. They have to contend against draught every year.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRAUGHT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
draught
 n.  a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
 v.  make a blueprint of
Classic Sentence: (55 in 4 pages)
1  The dog continued to lie stretched upon tho cushion, breathing in a laboured way, but apparently neither the better nor the worse for its draught.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  I was conscious, even when I took the draught, of a more unbridled, a more furious propensity to ill.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
3  Hyde had a song upon his lips as he compounded the draught, and as he drank it, pledged the dead man.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4  I sent out for a fresh supply, and mixed the draught; the ebullition followed, and the first change of colour, not the second; I drank it and it was without efficiency.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
5  A fine cold draught blew over the knoll.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
6  At this point of the inquiry, Oliver raised his head; and, looking round with imploring eyes, murmured a feeble prayer for a draught of water.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
7  The candle, wasted by the draught, was standing where it had been placed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  After expressing this opinion, Mr. Claypole looked into the porter-pot with an aspect of deep wisdom; and having well shaken its contents, nodded condescendingly to Charlotte, and took a draught, wherewith he appeared greatly refreshed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
9  He took some bread and meat; and as he drank a draught of beer, heard the firemen, who were from London, talking about the murder.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
10  He walked up to the sideboard, and tearing a piece from the loaf he devoured it voraciously, washing it down with a long draught of water.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
11  I fear that you have felt the draught.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
12  You remember that you did not take your usual draught that night.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
13  I did so, and driven by the draught a coil of gray smoke swirled down the corridor, while the dry straw crackled and flamed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
14  A draught in the room was necessary for that.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
15  He stopped, held out his glass for more, and took it off at a draught.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In II
Example Sentence:
1  They have to contend against draught every year.
2  The draught from the fan sent papers flying all over the room.
3  That draught is too much for my horse to pull.
4  He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace: mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.