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Examples of drafty in a Sentence
The house is very drafty.
Recent Examples of drafty from the Web
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Her first big projects were to waterproof the basement and then replace all the doors and windows, as the home was drafty.
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The neighborhood became a sort of engine for Western culture after World War II, with Beats, artists, musicians and oddballs flooding the cheap, drafty rooms in rundown brownstones.
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I was assigned to the coral-and-cream guest room, with a huge, drafty bathroom down six steps and an adjacent shower room up another six.
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Meanwhile, Iqaluit proper boasts drafty igloos and prefabs connected by a twisted morass of aluminum siding, heating and power ducts, thin black pipes, and satellite dishes.
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First Known Use of drafty
1846
DRAFTY Defined for English Language Learners
drafty
playDefinition of drafty for English Language Learners
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: having cold air moving through in a way that is unpleasant or uncomfortable
DRAFTY Defined for Kids
drafty
playDefinition of drafty for Students
draftier
;draftiest
: having usually cool air moving through a drafty hall
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