Examples of drafty in a Sentence
The house is very drafty.
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On a brisk mid-March night in the small Northern California town of Grass Valley, more than 100 people crowded around a Grateful Dead cover band in a drafty warehouse.
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Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Kevin Kane is a co-founder of Green Homeowners United, a Milwaukee company that helps make people with older, drafty homes aware of subsidies for installing insulation, heat pumps and solar panels.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 1 May 2024
On a cold October morning, Ms. Rucker sat with Margaret Guzman; her boyfriend, Alex; and their 2-year-old son, Jayden, in a drafty intake room at Marshall House.
—Aidan Gardiner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Years ago, our clients were aristocracy wandering around drafty castles, so there’s a warmth element which probably wasn’t there now.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
And tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and okra don’t like anything that even rhymes with cool or drafty!
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2024
Given the cold weather persistently coming through the drafty bay windows of tenement flats in Glasgow, my mother would neatly stack the plates in the groove of the radiator to heat them up and set the table with a bright red tablecloth, the color of luck over the festivities.
—Julie Lin, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
To prolong the life of your blooms, place your Easter lily in bright, indirect light in a cool, but not drafty, spot in your home.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
It’s made of a soft chenille yarn that’s warm and lightweight without being too heavy or drafty.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Kevin Kane is a co-founder of Green Homeowners United, a Milwaukee company that helps make people with older, drafty homes aware of subsidies for installing insulation, heat pumps and solar panels.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 1 May 2024
On a cold October morning, Ms. Rucker sat with Margaret Guzman; her boyfriend, Alex; and their 2-year-old son, Jayden, in a drafty intake room at Marshall House.
—Aidan Gardiner, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Years ago, our clients were aristocracy wandering around drafty castles, so there’s a warmth element which probably wasn’t there now.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
And tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and okra don’t like anything that even rhymes with cool or drafty!
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2024
Given the cold weather persistently coming through the drafty bay windows of tenement flats in Glasgow, my mother would neatly stack the plates in the groove of the radiator to heat them up and set the table with a bright red tablecloth, the color of luck over the festivities.
—Julie Lin, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
To prolong the life of your blooms, place your Easter lily in bright, indirect light in a cool, but not drafty, spot in your home.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
It’s made of a soft chenille yarn that’s warm and lightweight without being too heavy or drafty.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Drafty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drafty. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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