DRAIN in a Sentence
Learn DRAIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
79 example sentences for DRAIN, such as:
1. The water swirled down the drain.
2. All my effort went down the drain.
3. Screw the drain cover down tightly.
4. Dig trenches to drain the water away.
5. It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
2. All my effort went down the drain.
3. Screw the drain cover down tightly.
4. Dig trenches to drain the water away.
5. It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
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Meanings and Examples of DRAIN
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drain
v. empty of liquid; drain the liquid from
v. flow off gradually
Classic Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1 I'm going to drain the pool today, Mr. Gatsby.
2 There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other.
3 The enclosure of Norland Common, now carrying on, is a most serious drain.
4 He had foreseen an immediate demand for money, but not a permanent drain on his scant resources.
5 She shivered in the garage while he spent half an hour in deciding whether to put alcohol or patent non-freezing liquid into the radiator, or to drain out the water entirely.
6 It is a force seeking to dominate the earth, to drain the hills and sea of color, to set Dante at boosting Gopher Prairie, and to dress the high gods in Klassy Kollege Klothes.
7 'A drain for the boy,' said Toby, half-filling a wine-glass.
8 He was always a man of iron nerve, and the story is still told in India how he crawled down a drain after a wounded man-eating tiger.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
9 I assure you that two thousand pounds would be a drain upon her resources, and that the sum you name is utterly beyond her power.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
10 Beneath this long, arched drain which terminated at the Arche-Marion, a perfectly preserved rag-picker's basket excited the admiration of all connoisseurs.
11 Three squads of agents and sewermen explored the subterranean drain of Paris, the first on the right bank, the second on the left bank, the third in the city.
12 Yet midway my hope is, if righteous gods can do aught at all, thou wilt drain the cup of vengeance on the rocks, and re-echo calls on Dido's name.
13 They sit down at the thwarts, and their arms are tense on the oars; at full strain they wait the signal, while throbbing fear and heightened ambition drain their riotous blood.
14 She could think but could not feel, not about him nor Tara either, for she was drained of all emotion.
15 The afternoon's events had drained her of all feeling, first the startling news about the taxes, then Ashley and, last, her murderous rage at Jonas Wilkerson.
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1 Dig trenches to drain the water away.
2 The water swirled down the drain.
3 You will need to drain the central heating system before you replace the radiator.
4 Screw the drain cover down tightly.
5 It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
6 All my effort went down the drain.
7 The mortgage is a drain on our financial resources.
8 They were aware that their public image was rapidly going down the drain.
9 His wife's illness has been a great drain on his income.
10 They used bleach to kill any germs in the sink and drain.
11 Pull the plug and let the water drain away.
12 First, you have to drain the container of all the old oil.
13 Remove the turkey from the pan and drain off the excess fat.
14 I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates.
15 Despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters, Nigeria refines only a very small proportion of even its own fuel needs, and has to import the rest - a severe and unnecessary drain on resources.