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Adjective
The house is very drafty.
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Chastain suggests using half a pool noodle on the bottom or side of drafty doors to prevent air from leaking.
—Kate McKenna, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
And if these characters and their connections are all somewhat hazily defined — dare one say a bit first-drafty — that’s precisely the point.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2026
Avoid drafty windows, air vents, and extreme temperatures.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
Chastain suggests using half a pool noodle on the bottom or side of drafty doors to prevent air from leaking.
—Kate McKenna, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
And if these characters and their connections are all somewhat hazily defined — dare one say a bit first-drafty — that’s precisely the point.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2026
Avoid drafty windows, air vents, and extreme temperatures.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Drafty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drafty. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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