How To Use Draught In A Sentence

Most of this I've written down to get my own thoughts in order before I start draughting letters to the media, but first I have a couple of weeks of university to catch up on… sheesh.
In their houses, they play much at that most ingenious game which we call chess, or else at draughts. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
Since draughtsmanship was the foundation of all his art, engravings, etchings, lithographs, linocuts, and drawings poured from him in astonishing quantity and quality.
She was a pretty vessel: schooner-rigged, very low in the water, and -- as we found out when we took her -- of very deep draught; broad in the beam, and ` flush-decked 'fore and aft, with no raised fore or after castles. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
For the next four years Mr. Etaix worked for Tati as a draughtsman, gagman and ultimately as an assistant director on "My Uncle. Still Clowning Around

Composition, balance, the skill of the draughtmanship, the function of the work and its emotive power are all integral.
The cash-strapped councils need the money to plug leaks in school roofs, shore up unstable walls, install modern heating systems, repair cracked, draughty windows and remove temporary classrooms.
Last week for a small and rare show of drawings by one of the greatest draughtsmen. Times, Sunday Times
The paintings reveal Terry's skill as a draughtsman and colourist.
Would it be cold and draughty with no telly? The Sun
This game is superior in complexity to English draughts by virtue of the fact that it is played on a board ten squares by ten squares and that capturing moves have an extended scope.
I have called draughtsmanship of this quality an inheritance -- I might have called it perhaps with better propriety a monument. First and Last
Keeping the heat inside Sitting in a draughty room will lower your body temperature and make you feel cold and uncomfortable.
The sides of the kibitka are invariably made from chii, woven to protect the kibitka from dust and the fire from strong draughts, while letting in fresh air and some light.
The whole thing has been a hideous blunder, and the idea of encumbering a force of four thousand men with something like thirty thousand camp followers, and with a train of no less than nineteen thousand bullocks, to say nothing of other draught animals, is the most preposterous thing I ever heard of. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War
She told how he had given up his lucrative career as a design draughtsman to ‘do the job he loved’.
Ian's breathing becomes more and more ragged as he drags draught after draught of air deep into his lungs.
After leaving school he trained in Leven as an engineering draughtsman, then spent his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Aldershot.
The downdraught from the rotor raised a miniature sandstorm. SKORPION'S DEATH
Count Robert had taken a single, indeed, but a deep draught, was more potent than the delicate and high-flavoured juice of the Gascogne grape, to which he was accustomed; at any rate, it seemed to him that, from the time he felt that he had slept, daylight ought to have been broad in his chamber when he awaked, and yet it was still darkness almost palpable. Count Robert of Paris
Socialist affiliations are recorded in the memoirs of the stone-mason Nadaud, the draughtsman Perdiguier and Suzanne Voilquin, who was a needlewoman.
But I must confess that during this blizzardly storm the Castle hall is a little draughty. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
So habituated has one become to feeling cooler in a draught that the absence of chill lends the night an unaccustomedness, the more weird in that it is unanalyzed, so that one feels definitely that one is in a strange, far country. African Camp Fires
The tapestry from Raphael's cartoon of "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes" is a very remarkable work of art, and one which stands alone in modern needlework. Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Can you close the door? There's an awful draught in here.
The son of a Covent Garden barber, he was initially self-taught and learned through copying prints and drawings and assisting architectural draughtsmen.
Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
A tin of Blue Pills, so labeled, and a bottle, not labeled, but recognizable, of black draught-laudanum, that is. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
He was a gifted draughtsman, watercolorist and landscape artist.
Disc harrows consisting of gangs of concave steel discs are dragged at an angle to the line of draught.
She was given a warm welcome by farmers at the championships and even tried her hand at ploughing with two Irish draught mares, owned by brothers Joe and Padraig Fahy, of Corrandulla, Co Galway.
During the Second World War she worked as an industrial draughtswoman whilst studying art at night.
They appeared even less interested in ecology than I was, going through the motions in their wellingtons and anoraks, as if they were stood in a draughty lecture theatre rather than in one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
Having slowly ingurgitated and meditated upon this precious draught, and turned its flavour over and over with an aspect of potent Judicial wisdom Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 2
An elaborate system of nozzles and fan-draught cowls minimises the risks of lead-poisoning.
The next phase of Fox's green plan, Cotter says, is to investigate ground-source heat pumps to replace the school's boilers, the thermostat for which, incidentally, is placed in the school's stairwell, one of the draughtiest spots in the building. Latest education news, including the university guide 2010, RAE results, higher and schools news, schools tables and further education | guardian.co.uk
She is fire in his blood, and a thunder of trumpets; her voice is beyond all music in his ears; and she can shake his soul that else stands steadfast in the draughty presence of the Titans of the Light and of the Dark. Chapter 21
But surely three glasses of draught beer in a day could not be called immoderate? Maigret and the Loner
It was washed down with a draught of Yule-ale that reamed briskly in a corner of the kitchen.
The trades being taught were basket making, brush making, piano tuning, draughting, typewriting, tailoring, tinsmithing and so forth; while classes in reading, writing and other subjects were held for those who were deficient in these requirements, and anxious to learn. On the Fringe of the Great Fight
Draught beer is pumped out of the barrel under pressure.
She had a beautiful way of putting things, and her drawings show that she was an incredible draughtswoman.
To avoid then thefe inconventeneds; and feveral others xxfc may fafl into by oppofing commonly received opinions'* we ought, in what Place or Society foe - vcr we be, to make a Draught or Map of all the opinions in vogue there, and of the place and rank each of them holds there, that we may have all the confideratioii for them which Charity and Truth can, permit* Moral Essays: Contain'd in Several Treatises on Many Important Duties
Only a third of the school's windows are double-glazed and because the building is on a slope, the rooms are often draughty and cold. How spending cuts are hitting schools – despite coalition vow to protect them
There were broken windows, the draught ran straight through it, the damp had gone in.
These were superseded by more substantial updraught kilns which have been found right across the northern suburbs.
Draught Tartan, Export, Harp and Carlsberg deluxe, real ale.
Some chatted, some played draughts or chess. Somewhere East of Life
During the war she worked as a draughtswoman at the Air Ministry and then taught A-level art at Dartington.
He studies 'prodigious savants', the world's 100 or so brain-damaged people with superpowers: memory men, human calculators, speed draughtsmen. Times, Sunday Times
In what felt like no time at all, we had arrived and entered the somewhat draughty Upper Hall with its rather interesting artwork on the wall, a floor to ceiling spiral of golden handprints, which is a lot better than some of the weird and wonderful stuff a previous modern-art-loving Master installed, including a huge wooden dinosaur in the grounds. The Office Party « Tales from the Reading Room
For draughtproofing remember to fit underlay beneath carpets or laminate flooring to reduce heat loss. Times, Sunday Times
The worst category was found to be two-bedroom properties, mostly flats, in which the average number of faults, such as draughty windows, leaky showers and shoddy electrics, was double that in England and Wales.
In the wilderness have ever dwelt the conscientious, the free spirits, as lords of the wilderness; but in the cities dwell the well – foddered, famous wise ones — the draught – beasts. Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
For a more instant draught of sweet winter fragrance, try one of the following. Times, Sunday Times
But it passed by as any uncomfortable night sleeping on a wooden floor in a draughty house. Times, Sunday Times
In the etchings of artist Nicholas Ward, his pedigree as a draughtsman is clear to see.
The bite of the shrewmouse is dangerous to horses and other draught animals as well; it is followed by boils. The History of Animals
Block draughts around doors and windows.
One of the most remarkable things about Britain - now as well as then - is its incredibly well-developed network of live music clubs, mostly in back rooms in pubs or draughty town halls.
Of course there nothing stopping mum and dad enjoying the challenge of draughts, snakes and ladders or constructing a Duplo design.
There were still relics like this lurking in farm buildings when I started out on my agricultural life: I recall finding a woodworm-infected patten lying in the manger of a stable a week or so after the last draught horse had been put to sleep. Country diary: North Derbyshire
He left school at the age of fourteen, and worked as a clerk at the Henley Telegraph Company and took evening lessons in draughtsmanship and drawing at the University of London.
An architectural draughtsman by trade, he painted for pleasure for many years, also doing art work for charities such as the Round Table.
During the Second World War she worked as an industrial draughtswoman whilst studying art at night.
France, French Francophobia freedom eleutherophobia fresh air, draughts aerophobia Pangsuan Diary Entry
He cut a glorious calomel pill out of pipeclay, and then we concocted a black-draught of salts and bottled stout, with a little patent boot-polish. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841
All sorts of glasses are on offer, from mineral water glasses, beer draught glasses, carafes, vases, you name it; made out from different kinds of bottles.
The servants, powdered and in short breeches as usual, served us in their customary solemnity; but they must have wondered why we preferred to sit on the gravel, with a draught of cold air on our backs, when we might have been comfortably seated in a big and airy room with a carpet under our feet. In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters
The candle flame ran huge shadows like grasping fingers across the ceiling in the draught.
While we might think of Rubens in terms of exuberant light and colour, he was, not least, a talented draughtsman.
Similarly, if the center of gravity is lowered 6 in. on the same displacement, the curve, B, will be found, and in this manner comparative diagrams can be constructed giving at a glance the stability of a vessel for any given draught of water and metacentric height. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
Take three cantharides, and removing their head, feet, and wings, triturate their bodies in three cupfuls (cyathi) of water, and when the person who has drunk the draught complains of pain, let him have hot fomentations applied. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
This evening I discovered that window seats are draughty, so taped up all the hinges and gaps I could find.
In the darkness, she could hear the curtains creeping on the draught. CHAMELEON
She said she wedged her cot in the open doorway to get it out of a draught. The Sun
Physically the Great Change did not do so very much to reinvigorate her — she had lived in that dismal underground kitchen in Clayton too long for any material rejuvenescence — she glowed out indeed as a dying spark among the ashes might glow under a draught of fresh air — and assuredly it hastened her end. In the Days of the Comet
He was first giddy, as after a deep draught of kindling spirit; this passed off, but the spirit was still in his veins -- the _estro_ was working in his brain. Rookwood
But the head should be rubbed by the sponge until it is quite dry; the extremities should be protected from cold, as also the head and the rest of the body; and a man should not be washed immediately after he has taken a draught of ptisan or a drink; neither should he take ptisan as a drink immediately after the bath. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
He took a draught of his beer and thought for a short spell.
The cash-strapped councils need the money to plug leaks in school roofs, shore up unstable walls, install modern heating systems, repair cracked, draughty windows and remove temporary classrooms.
Patrons who liked Carlsberg were once treated to an alternative draught beer called Probably and other tongue-in-cheek variations on popular brand names.
Families were closely knit units at the time and grandmothers helped to make the boxty and potato cakes which were covered with freshly churned butter and eaten heartily and all washed down with draughts of hot strong tea.
The majority of schools in the 1970s and 1980s still had some prefabricated buildings - cold, draughty, charmless boxes that always felt empty.
He was willing to work for Socialism, even to deliver lectures on it in draughty halls, and he knew that it was both necessary and inevitable, but it is doubtful whether he subjectively wanted it. As I Please
To school plodding stubbornly through the snowdrifts in short trousers with chapped knees to sit in a draughty classroom in abject fear of a teacher who had recently traversed Europe inside a tank turret and who took no prisoners with his booming voice, the result of his deafness. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
Forced draught is produced by twelve 5 ft. 6 in. fans, three being stationed in each stokehold. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891
Dutch fans of English draught beer travel over from Holland, via nearby Harwich and the scenic Mayflower Line.
He saw them and sniffed a deep draught of air into his lungs.
She indulged his taste for draughtsmanship - the two pored together for hours over architectural drawings.
Replacing draughty windows with double-glazed units will save money.
Its team of naval architects, electrical engineers, marine engineers and design draughtsmen offer their experience to the shipping industry.
Roughton twelve oxgangs rateable to gelt, with three sokemen, and a half sokeman holding two carucates of land with three draught oxen; also fifteen acres of meadow land, a fishery worth 2s. yearly, and forty acres of woodland, containing pasturage in parts. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
To be less abstract, let us suppose a game of draughts where the pieces are reduced to four kings, and where, of course, no oversight is to be expected.
And she expects to expand the range of draught beers on offer, with the emphasis on local breweries such as Malton, York and Cropton.
In a labial dawn I savoured salty draughts of liquor springing from your tumid lips, luxuriated in a magnanimity your primal crouch expressed, heard half-suppressed love-cries tell the tumult in your loins. When I Close My Eyes (rev)
Barbara said residents suffered draughty and leaking windows which were difficult for elderly and disabled people to open and close.
Even had we, however, a perfect and trustworthy transcript of Shakespeare's original sketch for this play, there can be little doubt that the rough draught would still prove almost as different from the final masterpiece as is the soiled and ragged canvas now before us, on which we trace the outline of figures so strangely disfigured, made subject to such rude extremities of defacement and defeature. A Study of Shakespeare
Sales of draught beer and cider have fallen by 11.5% in the first four months of this year in pubs, according to figures from the Irish Brewers' Association.
There had been their playroom, and in the large cupboard were games - draughts, chess, jigsaws, snakes and ladders and ludo. THE BLACK OPAL
Shorn of so much of the theatricalism of ordinary stage performances, there was reality and charm about this that warmed the spectators into frequent bursts of spontaneous enthusiasm which were as draughts of elixir to the players. Seven Miles to Arden
During his final year, while out walking on a hot day, he arrived at a well, and in the absence of anything stronger, downed copious draughts of cold water.
How we revelled in that drink as we paused at Romano's Well! -- the only spot on the Peninsula where we could get a draught of real, cold, unchlorinated water! The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
Draught beer is available too.
They needed to repair the crumbling walls of their draughty homes, too.
Further north the scourge of tsetse fly, vector of the disease nagana, limited the use of cattle as draught.
About 45,000 private rented properties, typically among the draughtiest, are expected to receive help with insulation in three years. Times, Sunday Times
Taylor said the ship's draught varied between nine metres in the front and 12m at the stern.
‘It was embarrassing showing parents around the draughty old ones with their leaky roofs,’ he said.
The precise yet endlessly suggestive works that result from his unrivalled draughtsmanship are just as compelling as his paintings.
Most Irish pubs receive deliveries of draught beer at least three times a week, which means that Irish supplies could run out within days.
And while they are ideal for modern homes, they are not always as effective for draughty older properties. The Sun
If this is correct, it implies that the harbour was still capable of taking trading shipping at a useful volume, at least for shallow-draughted ships like those used by the Norsemen, until at least the tenth century. Chester in the seventh century: surviving infrastructure
My object here is simply to project the draught of a systematization of cetology. Moby Dick; or the Whale
Our heightened sensitivity to cold makes a chilly draught invariably feel more uncomfortable than a warm breeze. Times, Sunday Times
Flettcher saith belyke the sacke was som draughte as thatte devised by Paracelsvs to make a manne yonge again, & as proofe of this tells me it be knowen that Spayne hath sowt suche in the natural waiters of Florida, the which I knew afore, but I told him nott, onely that he should speak noe carelesse word therof. The Life of the World to Come
The other girls would tiptoe down the hall and peek in on them, watching as they played cards and draughts.
Clare put it to her mouth, and she took a long draught and was refreshed. Wives and Daughters
There's something to buy a dress with, and see here, don't get a draughtboard pattern. Colorado Jim
One was an alexipharmic draught, to be taken the last thing at night, another a sudorific, to be administered once in every hour. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger
Can you close the door? There's an awful draught in here.
Draught beer is around €2.20 a glass, but why bother when you can buy fantastic Rioja reservas for the price of a bottle of plonk back home?
The draught on street corners is like a tropical breeze.
Burns told Thomson and Mrs. Dunlop that this noble and most moving song was old; but nobody believed him then, and nobody believes him now. pint-stoup = _pint-mug_ braes = _hill-sides_ gowans = _daisies_ paidl't = _paddled_ burn = _brook_ fiere = _friend_, _companion_ guid-willie = _well-meant_, _full of good-will_ waught = _draught_ Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys
To this question, he replied, that venesection had been three times performed; that a vesicatory had been applied inter scapulas; that the patient had taken occasionally of a cathartic apozem, and between whiles, alexipharmic boluses and neutral draughts. — “Neutral, indeed,” said the doctor; “so neutral, that I’ll be crucified if ever they declare either for the patient or the disease.” The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
I want draught beer, not bottled beer!
One pair of heavy draught animals with a heavy truck could pull as much as four one-horse drays.
Stubbes, regretfully concluding that his ideal punishment was unacceptable -- that convicted prostitutes should be "made to drinke a full draught of Moyses cuppe, that is, tast [e] of present death" -- went on to suggest the next best thing: branding, on the cheek or forehead, "to the end [that] honest and chast Christians might be discerned from the adulterous Children of Sathan. Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner
The Pub Challenge uses traditional and popular pub games such as darts, dominoes, draughts and Connect Four, and its organisers Pubmaster say it aims to promote a community spirit in its hostelries.
He poured himself a drink and leaned back in his chair leisurely and took several long draughts.
Thanks to its basting heat, any old pocket of draughty pavement can now boast a rickety table and chairs.
For a more instant draught of sweet winter fragrance, try one of the following. Times, Sunday Times
But if he shall use ptisan for a draught, and drink afterward hydromel, he will feel full, flatulent, and uncomfortable in the viscera of the hypochondrium; but if the hydromel be taken before the draught, it will not have the same injurious effects as if taken after it, but will be rather beneficial. On Regimen In Acute Diseases
He was a great draughtsman and a good writer. CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe
Small town became a town between one night, old wish came true, then, town of 3 fork river increased at a draught very, centesimal lively.
They spend their nights not in front of fire and telly, but walking the rainswept streets canvassing votes, or in draughty committee rooms hammering out policy.
Taking a long draught from his mug of ale, Colonel Paccar leaned back in his chair, and let his gaze wander over his four charges.
They played all sorts of games: cards, draughts, and even charades.
It took them seven months to decide on their floor plan, which they sent to a draughtsman to draw up.
A functioning harbour, at least for shallow-draughted vessels; Archive 2009-06-01
They drink bitter on draught in the local bar.
Pop and outdoor ads sporting a rocket widget and a Guinness Draught bottle are aimed at building awareness for nitrogenated Guinness Draught and Stout in cans and bottles.
In this highly heated state our governess was, of course, sensitive to the smallest inlet of cooler air, and "draughts" were accordingly her abhorrence. Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
That draught is too much for my horse to pull.
Then the draught beer goes to Black Sheep-supplied pubs from July.
A little yacht stove gave out a temperate glow, its draught adjusted to produce exactly the right warmth.
My glass of draught Kronenberg was expensive at £2.50: but Lili's pitcher of iced tap water, complete with slices of lemon, lime and orange, was free and gratis.
It is used as both a draught dog and companion in its country of origin.
In a typical home a fifth of all heat loss is through ventilation and draughts. Times, Sunday Times
But for the most accomplished jurists the Lethean draught was entirely superfluous. The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama Elaborates on “Empathy,” What He Wants in a Supreme Court Nominee:
A proper engineering drawing can not be thus fudged; like Wolf, the draughtsman must fully comprehend what he is drawing.
Not only did they provide milk for dairy purposes, but they also were used as draught animals to pull ploughs and carts.
Falling pub attendances will hit sales of Merrydown's newest brand, Premium Draught Cider.
He came to criticise and remained to play a game of "draughts," as he called them, with Janice Day at Poketown
She had a draught of 18 ft and was built in 1903 with a single boiler and a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine amidships.
More often than not it is met with in the feet of heavy draught animals, and is there caused by the calkin, either when being violently backed or suddenly turned round. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
Living in clothes which have been begged or borrowed, camping in a draughty seaside hotel. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
He began his career as a humble apprentice, filling in the background to cartoon drawings by more established draughtsmen. Times, Sunday Times
He offered her a small wave, then left, shutting the door so quickly that it blew a draught across the room.
Coals of Arms, and Antiquarian Remains, copied — from \ery an - cient and authentic Draughts flill exilUng — by an ingenious Artiil owler my own infpedlion. The Monthly Review
These courses are geared towards engineers, architects, draughtsmen and technical designers.
The first steps of the master draughtsman. Times, Sunday Times
We do not serve draught beer here.
The brood mare section has classes for sport horses, filly and colts, foals, Irish Draught mares, Irish Draught filly foal qualifiers and Irish Sport horse foal qualifier.
As Reid's handlers administered a draught of brandy to him, a large object hidden under a piece of broad-cloth was dragged close to his corner.
Every house was full of flaws—leaky roofs, draughty rooms, saggy floors—and memories.
The quality of the draughtsmanship of cartoons was spectacular.
I've lost count of the number of times down the years I've been draughted in to discuss how to regenerate a community which is often in its turn steadfastly resistant to any hint of such a thing being done to it. Crusaders : Progress report
They appeared even less interested in ecology than I was, going through the motions in their wellingtons and anoraks, as if they were stood in a draughty lecture theatre rather than in one of the most beautiful places on the planet.
The draughts and first laws of the game are positive, but how? merely ad placitum, and not examinable by reason; but then how to direct our play thereupon with best advantage to win the game is artificial and rational. The Advancement of Learning
Tanacetum vulgare, a herb whose name is supposedly derived by abbreviation from ‘athanasia’, the draught which gave Ganymede immortality.
A set of English-designed draught beer dispensers have been installed and the Clock claims that truly cold beer is now on tap.
For a more instant draught of sweet winter fragrance, try one of the following. Times, Sunday Times
Be calm soured, scaping anguish-draughts that gripe and bren: The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The wagons were first used in the Conestoga valley, and most extensively used there; and the sleek powerful draught-horses known as the Conestoga breed were attached to them, hence their name. Home Life in Colonial Days
The environmental savings on tins and bottles would be vast, and thirsty folk would be encouraged to drink draught beer in their local pub. Times, Sunday Times
The downdraught from the rotor raised a miniature sandstorm. SKORPION'S DEATH
Indian goat breeds exhibit enormous variations in fecundity; production of meat, milk, and fibre; draughtability; disease resistance; and heat tolerance.
Originally an architect, he is an outstanding draughtsman and in only a few years' time became the first specialist in 17th and 18th century naval architecture.
The supply of air for filling these is taken from the propeller draught by a slanting aluminium tube to the underside of the envelope, where it meets a longitudinal fabric hose which connects the two ballonet air inlets. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
The exhibition is spread over two floors and embraces every facet of Dali's genius as a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor, with a good number of his most important works on view.
In return, I'll supply you with a wagon filled with supplies and the draught animals to pull it.
The docking facilities must be big enough to cope with the 26 foot draught of Liberty ships and at the same time provide sheltered water for smaller vessels, such as landing craft, to operate.
Before Luke's horrified eyes, Jaid swallowed the immortality draught and, with a shocked gasped, collapsed onto the ground before him, unconscious.
Or, to really get back to Ireland's roots, take a trip on a jaunting cart, which costs just £8 each and is pulled by Irish draught horses, specially bred for their strength and speed.
Impassive he sits, aloof and aloft, ramparted by his desk, ensconced between curtains to keep out the draught -- for might not a puff of wind scatter the animated dust that he consists of? Yet Again
It's the place where draughtsmanship meets cartooning that I love. Plenty of Nothing:
From a gurglet of water near-by the Egyptian took a draught, and proceeded - Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ
The draught on street corners is like a tropical breeze.
His draughtsmanship is a focus of the show. Times, Sunday Times
Come, come, Mr. Saddletree," said his wife, "we'll hae nae confessions and condescendences here; let them deal in thae sort o 'wares that are paid for them -- they suit the like o' us as all as a demipique saddle would suit a draught ox. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
Now it seems to me very convenient to delineate, as it were, in the rough draught, those signs and marks that distinguish a malicious narration from a candid and unbiassed one, applying afterwards every point we shall examine to such as appertain to them. Essays and Miscellanies
The system of indraught and escape ventilation is absent to date there.
A block away, Cheetah's Topless Bar sells draught beer for under a dollar.
Keep them away from warm radiators and cold draughts. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the extensive wine list, my companion and I quaffed large glasses of draught beer with our food, as the afternoon was unusually warm and sunny.
Can you close the window? I'm in a draught .
The coffee was like nectar as Mahan took a hearty draught before sitting down behind his desk.
English landscape painter and draughtsman, Farington studied at the Royal Academy from its foundation in 1768, becoming an unofficial but influential part of its government.

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