| 单词 | draughty |
| 例句 | Fuel being scarce, and the Staniford Street house being draughty, I offered my services to a work crew in exchange for wood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z A lot of the donors’ rooms you can’t get to with a wheelchair, or else they’re too stuffy or too draughty. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We wanted to do readings in other places, not just draughty community halls. ok Festival aims to challenge the dominance of south Manchester 2012-05-18T15:00:00Z People tend to see faces in clouds or hear voices in draughty buildings; we're very good at anthropomorphising our surroundings. Jonathan Balcombe: 'Stop being beastly to hens 2010-04-24T23:09:00Z It might look as thought it's all done in a draughty house on a remote Irish island, but in fact it's a studio set. Graham Linehan: Twitter has made me 2012-05-27T18:00:01Z Anthony Ward's clever design shows a pub dining room hung with antlers and landscapes, striving for draughty country-house grandeur. Posh 2010-04-17T23:10:00Z A lot of time was spent in draughty French chateaux. Cheers for Frears 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Berenson moved into the wing of a draughty castle in Ireland, where they were shooting. 'I did the first nude in Vogue': Marisa Berenson on being a blazing star of the 70s and beyond 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z My mate was like: “It’s pretty cold in here. Isn’t it insulated? The windows feel thin and draughty.” Jamie Demetriou: ‘After Fleabag, people demand to see my teeth’ 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z A sparse version of Dolly Parton's My Blue Tears has the entire congregation in this draughty church rapt. John Reilly and friends – review 2013-02-14T18:03:07Z Behind the students’ draughty, six-person dormitories there were just rice fields. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z Or perhaps it was growing up, the eldest of four children, in a wonderful, draughty old vicarage close to the Scottish Borders. Steven Appleby: A life in pictures 2012-10-05T23:04:02Z In a draughty corridor of Leeds Family Court, a father cuddles his young son. A mum's 'remarkable turnaround' to win her baby back 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Someone in a large, draughty house will pay more. Cost of living: Ofgem price cap leads to debate over energy bill support 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z And the shop's windows are old and draughty. The pandemic entrepreneurs moving into the High Street 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Mahvish, who lives in Ascot, describes seeing "an entire family living in this small, draughty, uninsulated room with zero electricity or running water". Pakistan and Afghanistan: Acts of kindness by British Asians 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z He said it is "very stressful" having to put the heating on more as the flat is "very draughty". Blaenavon: Tenants battle damp and mould in draughty homes 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Old, draughty, wooden shutter doors have gone, new airtight rollers were installed in their place. Do not end green energy grants, manufacturers urge MPs 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z European Union lawkmakers last month backed plans to save more energy, including through renovating draughty buildings. Runwise raises $19 mln to improve buildings' energy efficiency 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z With energy prices skyrocketing, people in draughty and poorly insulated homes are facing significantly higher heating bills this winter. Q&A: Energy bills - how can I save money? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Those with a G rating may pay three times as much; those lofty but draughty period homes come with an invisible extra price tag. Inflation: Why price rises may feel even worse than they are 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z UK homes are the coldest in Europe, poor insulation and draughty doors mean households spend 70% of their energy on heating and cooling. Elections 2022: How are local councils tackling climate change? 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The UK must do more to insulate the country's draughty homes, warns Britain's climate change chief. UK must move faster to insulate homes - climate chief 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z It is widely accepted the UK needs to revamp its ageing and draughty housing if it is to reach its climate targets. Tips on how to save energy at home and help the planet 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Private housing in Wales is among the oldest and draughtiest in the UK and western Europe. Q&A: Energy bills - how can I save money? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Even if that draughty mansion is expensive to heat, that might not represent as big a problem to the owner as a person on a low income in a small flat. Inflation: Why price rises may feel even worse than they are 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Developers may have won praise in the past for demolishing draughty buildings for energy-efficient replacements. Building strategy to look at embodied carbon, says government 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It would cut local pollution; reduce bills to release cash back into the economy; and lower the costs of sickness caused by draughty homes. Home insulation 'could create cheap jobs' 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z The big challenge, he said, was to insulate the UK’s draughty homes – a pledge that was made in the Conservative manifesto, but wasn’t mentioned in the latest infrastructure announcement. Switch road cash to broadband, adviser says 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Four years ago, my husband Dan and I were a bottle of wine down in our draughty, small, city house, our son finally asleep in the boxroom upstairs. Our eureka moment: what I learned from swapping breadwinning roles with my husband 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Cheques from £5 to £500 flooded in to help fix draughty windows, to fund school prizes and educational visits. A school looking after its children – and their families 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z I am standing in a draughty, picturesque church on an icy Saturday in December, wearing four-inch gold glittery heels and silently cursing you as you churn up my insides without a thought for the occasion. To my merciless, brutal period: it’s time you and I talked | Emma Barnett 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z They wanted action to cut emissions from traffic, planes and existing draughty homes - which will form the vast majority of the housing stock for decades. Gas heating ban for new homes from 2025 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Cumberbatch’s thoughts on the intersection between science and faith are being delivered in a draughty sound studio just off the A308. Benedict Cumberbatch on Doctor Strange: 'It's mind-blowing and very funny' 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, Weta’s animators were housed in a draughty wooden house with a leaky roof. From a draughty hut to Hollywood: the rise of Peter Jackson's secretive animation giant 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Taking into account the impact of a manufacturing process is one thing, but working out how a telecoms device pollutes over its life or the energy wasted from draughty office buildings is another. In the thicket of it 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It was so draughty that the heating costs helped push the family into debt. From Brighton to the battlefield: how four young Britons were drawn to jihad | Mark Townsend 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He recalls draughty common rooms and bleak bedrooms. A modernist ruin and me - BBC News 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z On Tuesday night, his makeshift home demolished by French work crews, he was sleeping just a few hundred metres away, but now inside a small, draughty tent. Calais camp is razed with nowhere for majority of refugees to go 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The word itself brings to mind a draughty hall populated by coated ladies, eyes lowered in reverence, like devoted church-goers paying homage from their pews to a god of guilty pleasures. Why the British may be falling back in love with bingo - BBC News 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z These new laws will plug the gaps in draughty homes – helping households to keep warm and drive down bills. Annals Of Government Stupidity; Ban Badly Insulated Homes From The Market 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z At this time of year, it is easy to notice that draughty room or inefficient boiler. Energy efficiency challenge at home 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Some 44% of those asked by the Energy Saving Trust said they lived in a draughty home. Solar panels 'top green wish-list' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The problem is that most of them are old, draughty and thermally inefficient. Can we 'green' our toxic buildings? 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Over the next 24 hours, in draughty town halls around England, ballot boxes will be emptied, voting slips counted and new local governments formed. What are the parties hoping for? 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Over time, money spent on ways to reduce heat loss from draughty houses should produce a handsome return in lower fuel bills. Money for nothing 2014-04-24T04:00:00Z "Hundreds of thousands of children are still in dilapidated schools with leaking roofs, draughty or baking rooms which this second phase of school building will not change," she said. School rebuilding: £2bn funding 2014-05-01T13:40:00Z The survey suggested that 24% of homeowners who lived in draughty homes said they were planning to install energy efficiency measures. Solar panels 'top green wish-list' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z "They also put pillows and blankets in front of the windows because it was so draughty. It was unreal." Mother and sick baby in air ordeal 2014-01-21T06:19:37Z Social workers say poorer urban families who move to the country for lower rents often get a shock, finding fuelling a car and heating draughty old houses can offset the savings. Insight: Far from idyll, rural France feels left in the past 2013-12-12T16:19:53Z More significantly, most homeowners and tenants do not have the opportunity to bypass big energy bills in the same way, especially if they are living in draughty, Victorian homes. Straw houses and other energy saving secrets 2013-10-23T23:03:02Z In Britain most offices in the early 19th Century were in damp basements and draughty attics, where clerks got backache. The death of privacy in open-plan offices 2013-07-30T23:24:44Z Candidates had stood in nervy anticipation in that most political of arenas, the draughty sports hall or town hall, at two o'clock in the morning. Do by-elections mean anything? 2012-12-07T12:47:20Z Photograph: Clément Philippe/Alamy As the evenings grow cooler, what better time to launch the biggest transformation of the nation's draughty housing stock ever attempted? The green deal still has big gaps to plug 2012-10-01T06:30:00Z If global warming exists, how come Balmoral is so draughty? Revealed: what the Queen really thinks about the big issues 2012-09-29T23:04:31Z A little draughty in the old noggin maybe, but in general I feel fine.” Tige is the man 2012-08-15T17:22:54.673Z Even more problematically, the place just feels draughty. Olympic London deserted: it's a great time to be a tourist in the capital 2012-08-03T23:05:38Z Sylvia passed through an arched doorway hung with a heavy curtain into the dressing-room of the eight odalisques, which lacked in Eastern splendor, and was very draughty. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Being whisked through the air in a comfortable car was infinitely to be preferred to being cooped up in a railway-carriage after a tedious wait in a draughty station. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The courts are draughty, the courts are dark, The passages small, And witness, client, solicitor, clerk, Are squeezed in them all. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z Coats for the dogs if the weather is at all cold, for exhibition buildings are almost invariably draughty. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z Cold, damp, draughty stables greatly favor the progress of glanders. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The servant bowed, and turning with ceremony, led the way into a bare, dimly-lit hall open to its steep oaken roof, and not measurably more comfortable or less draughty than the stable. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z I slipped on my shoes and a thick gray dressing gown, and taking the precaution of wrapping my head in a shawl against the draughty halls, I went down to her. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z "I couldn't tink of keeping you in dis draughty passage." The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Miss Dobbs' flat was right at the top of a very large, very gloomy, and very draughty building. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Now she had joined that whimsical procession which capers across the draughty sheet. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Within quite recent years considerably over a hundred boys had occupied the draughty dormitories of the great old red-brick house. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z The concert hall had no dressing-room and was cold and draughty. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Day after day he sat in the dark draughty theater and watched the people on the stage slash and cut and change his carefully constructed dialogue without offering a word of remonstrance. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z The chamber was immense, shadowy and draughty, the floor of stone, the walls of Hermon's rock, relieved by massive arcades supported on pilasters, and friezes of such images as were hieratically approved. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z A solitary candle lit the long corridor with fitful draughty light. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The ground was covered with snow, and the cold intense, the bungalow draughty and very uncomfortable. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Dinner was laid in the long, draughty centre room in the rambling wooden edifice; and as the night was cold the apartment was warmed by an iron stove. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The shanty was draughty as well as very damp, and the glass of the flickering lamp blackened so that the light was dim. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z He dined there and slept, in his clothes of course and always at the menace of a telephone, in a draughty hovel next door. Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z The boy's pocket, too, was draughty—there was a hole in it—besides which I got the cramp. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z The poor animals had very little straw, and, as the place was draughty, they must have been very cold. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z I heard sharp reports from the furniture, sighing moans in the draughty passages, doors opening and shutting, and—worse still—stealthy padding footsteps, both above and in the ghostly hall outside! The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z To me, as I started with saying, the reverse of this is almost painful; and I know few things more odious than the chilly, draughty emptiness of a place without a history. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z "The draughty hall!" moaned Miss Bruce, but she dared not offer any further remonstrance. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Her hands grew terribly cold without it, and it was too draughty to remain there. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Those ships are cold, draughty places, and maybe you'll be glad of it. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z It is intolerable that he should walk in rags, shiver with cold in damp and draughty schools, catch cold, and about the age of thirty get laryngitis, rheumatism, or tuberculosis. Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov 2011-08-21T02:00:35.470Z They retired to the draughty main tunnel, and slept there on the bare ground. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z He did not suppose any friend of Esther's would appear; still he must be true to the girl, and keep the draughty post she had assigned him. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z And they made their way to the back, cold and draughty, and very disenchanting, as the workmen were shifting the scenes. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z And this is Christmas Eve; cold and blowy out of doors, and cold and draughty indoors. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z I'm pushing the big six suppliers to help their customers overhaul their draughty homes and understand the best tariffs on offer, and I'm backing new entrants to bring more competition to the market. British Gas raises gas and electricity prices 2011-07-08T10:07:15Z When at length the fire went down, and the air of the draughty room grew cool, Esm�e languidly bestirred herself. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Our clergyman was at his midday meal when we arrived, and we were left to cool our heels in his draughty hall while he finished leisurely an evidently tempting repast. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z Dignified prelates, hovering in draughty rooms and corridors, were twitted mercilessly by my Lord Wharton, who was the most contemptuous enemy the Protestant faith ever knew. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z I mean to introduce an extra leaflet here on the consolations which we may meet with in this damp, chilly, draughty life of ours. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z "Excuse me for hurrying you," he said; "but the night is cold; Mrs. Bransby is not very strong; and I thought it imprudent—for both of you—to stand talking in that draughty passage." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z "No, it's not cold, sir, but it will be draughty," he said. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Behind him is the ordinary door of the room, which leads out into the dismal draughty hall. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z For the door closed with a bang as we passed through—the gallery was a draughty place. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z It is blowing chilly through the draughty station now. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z He paced up and down the draughty platform, solitary and meditative, for full ten minutes. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Her heart throbs not a little as she drives with her mother in a draughty, rattling fiacre across Paris to the Avenue Villiers. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Then why do you keep me in the draughty hall for half an hour? Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z It was draughty, too, as there was a superfluity of doors, two of which, one at each end, we at once condemned. Uncanny Tales 2011-03-22T02:00:16.307Z But, all the same, I don't see why we should cool our heels in this draughty show. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The servant withdrew, leaving Mattie standing in the draughty side passage, dark and dense as the fate of her whom she loved appeared to be from that day. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z So your idea of her being a good friend to me later on in London must retire to that draughty corner of space where abortive ideas are left to eternal shivering. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z And he now lay dying in his huge, draughty bed-chamber, hung with the portraits of his ancestors—all bad and filled with the ghosts of his youth and wasted old age. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z "To picture him sitting in a draughty station could not—I should think—give satisfaction to any one." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "It's a jolly draughty station to hang about." Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z That was because she wasn't a bit sure that she was wise in coming up to the drawing-room, which was draughty. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z I should say a situation somewhere as doorkeeper in a healthy building was much to be preferred to living in nasty draughty things like tents.' Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z They can easily subsist—a thing to brag of— In the draughtiest of sanitary huts, On a "mute inglorious Stilson" and a bag of Monkey-nuts. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z "Perhaps you will tell the groom about your mistress's things, while I take her out of this draughty station." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Not at all comfortable—catering rotten, rooms wretchedly cold and draughty. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The hall was draughty; I managed a sneeze. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z It's on his back, and the passage is draughty, so we must not look at it, must we, daddy? The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z A chill followed up by a tiring sale of work in a draughty hall had resulted in pneumonia. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z It's understandable that Ronan wishes to play the king to the other side of the board, but 1...0-0-0 looks too draughty. The f-pawn, part 6: how would you take on Kasparov? 2010-03-23T00:05:00Z The men began to gather, and sat down there as reverently as though the dim, little, draughty hut were the chancel of some great cathedral holy with the deepest memories of Christian generations. With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War "You can't go this trip, little lady," and the doctor pushed me out of the draughty doorway. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z And this is Christmas-eve—cold and windy out-of-doors, and cold and draughty indoors. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 He always visualized a draughty and ill-lighted railway platform, a rickety and gloomy omnibus, countless Nonconformist chapels and infrequent policemen. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The miserable place was draughty, damp and pestilential, but it was the only lodging the poor boys could afford, and offered at least some protection from the merciless cold of winter. In Paths of Peril A Boy's Adventures in Nova Scotia I walked down a short, dark passage, across a bare, draughty hall, and knocking on a forbidding-looking door, received a peremptory command to "come in." Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Keep your wrap on; it is draughty here. Cinderella Jane Position.—First of all I would say, avoid a draughty spot; for nothing is so bad for roses as a draught. Roses and Rose Growing She had found Miss Goucher standing in the unheated, draughty hall, bare-footed, in her nightgown, her cheeks flushed with mounting fever while her teeth chattered with cold. The Book of Susan A Novel In a draughty place the vapour will be lost in a short time. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them "If not too draughty with those two windows." Plashers Mead A Novel But May didn't bother about the moon, and they had gone to a deserted barn where they had met before, a good enough place for lovers in the mood but otherwise draughty and forlorn. Years of Plenty Even an exposed garden, if it is quite flat and open, is preferable to a draughty one, however picturesquely shaded it may be. Roses and Rose Growing A far better place this than that draughty passage where the soldier with legs kept intruding on the darkness that is always behind one. Man and Maid No longer can it be found; whatever ghosts of dead coryph�es haunt the portals must spend a draughty purgatory in the very middle of Kingsway. Carnival We dance in heated rooms, and sit in cold balconies between whiles: we travel in draughty railway carriages and damp cabs, and invariably eat and drink more than is good for us. The Red Rat's Daughter Everybody knew that stations were the most draughty places in the world; since there was now no one to help, she herself must take Teresa a walk. Lady Cassandra Through the long draughty corridors, preceded by braying trumpets and followed by rustling crowds of elated courtiers, the sick woman was carried on her stately pallet covered with heavy robes of crimson velvet and ermine. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Even the royal palace of Alfred was so draughty that the candles in the rooms had to be protected by lanterns. Women of England That night Murray repeated his Turkish bath, swallowed his usual narcotic, and lay down upon his draughty couch to be awakened some time after midnight by a cry of "Fire." The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure I ride in that because it is the coolest in summer and the least draughty in winter. An Artist in Crime Little is this to be wondered at when we call to mind the long dreary winters spent in cold and ill-lit castles, or in dark, draughty houses and hovels. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens For every dripping window Their headlong rush makes bound, Galloping up, and galloping by, Then back again and around, Till the gusty roofs ring with their hoofs, And the draughty cellars sound. The Garden of Dreams Well, how was it possible for me to sleep when I thought of his lying on the draughty floor, and myself in possession of his comfortable bed? Banked Fires She had thrown a black shawl over her head on coming away from the drawing-room into the draughty corridors. Under False Pretences A Novel "These old windows are draughty, too," said Raven. Old Crow "I cannot get into a draughty cab at this hour of the night." The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 "I'll look at you now, but get me some water first," she directed, and having disposed of him, slipped out alone into the dim and draughty corridor. The Wishing Moon It was Saturday night—a winter night in which the wind hummed through every draughty crevice between the windows and under the doors and down the chimneys. Coquette "It's only a tumble-down old place, and must be very draughty to live in, even for a gamekeeper." Jimbo A Fantasy Wet and draughty were the gable- fringed streets, and now and then there fell a sort of soft hail, not ice and not snow. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 I never did see such a draughty place as this house, Lemuel. The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won My own bedroom, which in many ways was delightful, was reached by a vaulted passage so cold and draughty that the Princess advised me always to wear my hat when I traversed it. Memoirs of Life and Literature A wind hustled about, blowing up for rain, and uncomfortably draughty. Coquette "I'll be plain wi' you," said my grandfather to this draughty speech. Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters And Tonio went through the old, square-built gate, along the harbor, and up the steep, draughty, and wet Gable Street to the house of his parents. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 “I perceive your reason for carrying me to this very draughty tavern,” he said at last. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI She knew cold, and she had played half clad in draughty halls. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards It is cool and yet not draughty in here. Daddy's Girl These are draughty dwellings, and even the best-built "tai" is partly open to the air, and affords little protection from the night cold, which is often so intense that sleep is almost impossible. Burma Peeps at Many Lands The echoing, draughty house grew still and warm, and a fire was lit in the hall. Jan and Her Job "You'll have no more sapping upstairs directly after dinner, I suppose!" was one of them; another was, "No more draughty adventures by the Round Pond." Love and Lucy But when, sitting within his cold and draughty hut, he began to consider the matter afresh, he remembered that, even if he carried out this plan, he would not yet be quite safe. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas The night is damp and the air is chill, and these narrow halls are draughty. Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife They followed him down a draughty corridor to the black-wainscoted gun-room at the base of the crumbling tower, and when he had lighted a lamp its glow revealed a modern collection of costly guns. Thurston of Orchard Valley Give a baby plenty of fresh air, out of doors if you can, but avoid draughty places. How Girls Can Help Their Country You have been running about those draughty passages, and have taken a chill. Lover or Friend Anyway, I don’t see what good we girls do standing here in this draughty hall. Dorothy's House Party Trees of Oak as black as Ebony discover'd, and taken up out of Moors and Marshes in draughty weather, 11. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World This art paneling covered every draughty hole or crack. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Mistress Fennel found it vastly more amusing than the draughty caves of Barnesdale; but then Mistress Fennel had her dear—and Marian had not. Robin Hood As there was no greenroom in the Westervelt, the reading took place on the open stage, which was bleak and draughty. The Light of the Star A Novel She pointed to a draughty, unconsidered table by the door. The Belovéd Vagabond And, far from remaining in bed to-day, I am writing this from my office, an exceedingly draughty apartment. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 We marched down, early one morning, to an engine hangar that was both cold and draughty. Life in a Tank Christopher, having ascertained from a suspicious doorkeeper that Mrs. Sartin would not be free for twenty minutes, cooled his heels in a dark, draughty passage with what patience he could. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker There was a Boer mutton-fat candle flaring draughtily in an iron sconce upon the wall. The Dop Doctor I kept a bundle of such handy, the short ends sharpened so's you could stick 'em round wherever the ground was soft enough and have an effect of altar candles in a draughty church. It, and Other Stories Supposing the rooms are draughty—I hate a draught myself—where's Toad? The Wind in the Willows Claude was flabbergasted—�25,000 for a place that was leaky and draughty through half the year, and which showed a tendency to slide seaward! Colorado Jim They carried me upside-down part of the way, and it was draughty and hard; but, so far, there were no stones. Pussy and Doggy Tales He waited in the draughty hall; it was so dark that coats and hats loomed, ghostly shapes, by the farther wall. The Wooden Horse It is draughty even on a summer’s day. The Stretton Street Affair “The coop is draughty and the corn scarce,” confessed the rooster, doing his best to be noble. Ladies-In-Waiting I heard your voices, and the hall is draughty. Anna the Adventuress The displacements of an amoeba in a drop of water would be comparable to the motion to and fro of a grain of dust in a draughty room. Creative Evolution We put them all on again, however, at the end of the second course, for the draughty windows and the door constantly swinging open into the courtyard made all our warm things indispensable. Peking Dust But one of the ruined huts, although pitch dark and partly filled with snow, offered a pleasanter shelter than our draughty tent, and I insisted upon a halt. From Paris to New York by Land An ordinary Italian positively dreads a fire from his knowledge of the perils it entails in rooms so draughty as Italian rooms commonly are. Stray Studies from England and Italy I had got much the better of it; but the dressing-room at the hall here is singularly cold and draughty, and so I have slid back again. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 She said good-night and went rapidly down the draughty passages and the concrete stairs. The Branding Iron He hoped that Claire would go regularly to church unless it was draughty. The Dark Tower Read Tom Hood's "Song of the Shirt," and see whether the poor seamstress out in the draughty penny seats at the back appreciates it or not. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis He might have added: "a particularly draughty and unpleasant stable." The Book of All-Power He has come out of it very well, but I dread the day when he must go home to a busy, careless mother and a draughty cottage. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls That mortuary is a cold place, and, though you mightn't think it, a coffin is draughty. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 She says it's draughty; and you know how we all feel about draughts! Coming Home 1916 Observe her in a ballroom that is overheated in the corners and draughty near the windows, as all ballrooms are. 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' A draughty place and a stony, like Luz, where Jacob lay, and maybe the angels wouldn't come near the likes of us. The Northern Iron Pretentious but Meagre, within a draughty hut, A bill of fare hangs full in sight And irritates the appetite. Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse The sheets were quickly changed for heavy bath-robes, for the sky parlor was cold and draughty. Blue Bonnet in Boston or, Boarding-School Days at Miss North's But even for the sake of fair weather Mr. Port was not yet prepared to expose his elderly joints to the draughty discomforts of the galleries overhanging the tennis-court; and he said so, pretty decidedly. The Uncle Of An Angel 1891 Near her sat the governesses, English, French and German, with little Janetta bringing up the rear in the draughtiest place and the most uncomfortable chair. A True Friend A Novel She was shut up in the draughty parlor with a mob-cap on her head "cleaning for dear life," as she expressed it. The Governess It was impossible to keep the draughty old hallway warm with the one small stove intended for that purpose. The Music Master Novelized from the Play There was no draughty well, no galleried space overhead, from which curious ears could overhear private confidences. The Lady of the Basement Flat It seems that Emerson must have put his cronies to a severe test before admitting them to the high-vaulted and rather draughty halls of his intellect. Pipefuls Picturesque old houses are sometimes draughty and inconvenient, but no such defects were ever allowed to exist at the Court. A True Friend A Novel It was cold and draughty inside, so we found a sheltered place in the sun on some piles of luggage, and sat there. A Woman who went to Alaska It was roomy and airy in the summer, but draughty and cold in the winter; as it was now warm weather, Von Barwig and his friends did not suffer any inconvenience at this time. The Music Master Novelized from the Play The place felt damp and draughty, and the flame of the candle flickered about, causing the tallow to gutter to one side. A Master of Mysteries They had never known anything better than cold houses, draughty and crowded stagecoaches, and stony highways—plenty of obstacles, you see, and few luxuries. Steve and the Steam Engine I redressed countless wrongs on paper in that draughty garret; but nothing came of it There is no use in being too minute in narrating the history of that time. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography The place was made for a bonfire; a strong wind blowing from the south, and afterwards south-west, drove the flames along the dried woodwork and through the draughty passages. Westminster The Fascination of London Mr Robin wanted the snug quarters in the ivy, down by the melon pits; while Mrs Redbreast said it was draughty, and made up her mind to live in the rockery amongst the fern. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn Rags wouldn’t be so bad in summer, but they must be awfully draughty in winter. A Houseful of Girls Much more comfortable than shivering in a draughty third class carriage, and changing three times over to wait in still more draughty stations! Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story “I stayed in bed all Saturday and Sunday, and it was really a little better, but it was as bad as ever after a day in this big draughty hole.” The Independence of Claire They were suffocating in summer and draughty in winter, and at nights afforded rendezvous to a whole colony of rats. The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch "I'll tell the girls," Mrs. MacCall said, briskly, and she shut the visitor into the room, for on this cold day the big front hall was draughty. The Corner House Girls at School It’s as clear a case as you could have, and yet here have we been sitting an hour in this draughty yard trying to obscure it,” said the soldier gruffly. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 They returned to the house glowing and panting, and surged up the staircase—a stream of buoyant young life which seemed to warm the draughty corridors and bring sunshine into the colourless rooms. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story The corridor was dark, and draughty, and he was far from home; what was he to do? Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton I got set down to one table, but it was so draughty I moved to another where a young girl was sittin' alone. In Apple-Blossom Time A Fairy-Tale to Date “Cold and draughty,” says the woman who was living in it, and who showed me FitzGerald’s old parlour and bedroom. Two Suffolk Friends The wall is high, there is bottle-glass on the top, and I shall find it hard to bring away a fresh pair of trousers, and probably draughty if I don’t. The Lunatic at Large "Oh, but it's cold work!" he cried, as he stopped to warm his hands, for the little room on the roof was draughty, and the snow blew in. The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film A raw, piercing northeaster, howling dismally above the monotonous creaking and puffing of the donkey-engine, swept through the cheerless, draughty dock, chilling the spectators to the marrow. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure Put on your 'ats an' take wraps wi' you in case you get 'ot, for the barn may be draughty,' said Mrs Clay. Sarah's School Friend For every dripping window Their headlong rush makes bound, Galloping up and galloping by, Then back again and around, Till the gusty roofs ring with their hoofs, And the draughty cellars sound. The Literary World Seventh Reader In autumn and winter the house is a little draughty. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont It was hot in the dusty, draughty streets of the little town. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls Their mother had been dead about seven years, a cold caught in playing on a draughty stage developing into pneumonia, from which she never rallied. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas By surely half-past seven he rose laboriously from his bed, huddled himself into his black-sheep wrapper and settled himself down as warmly as could be expected, close to the draughty edge of the window. Molly Make-Believe It is too draughty up here, just at present, for my taste. The Literary World Seventh Reader This snow storm, which has made us beat a rapid retreat from the cold and draughty hotels in Kentucky, makes us feel very glad to be back in this comfortable hotel. First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Up at the station it was always draughty and generally cold. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance Yet there were many who preferred the unsalubrious and draughty stalls to the loft overhead, and prices for the former ruled high, as much as 100 marks—£5—being freely given for this accommodation. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben She wasted no more words on the woman, but swept forth from the room and down the draughty ill-lit passage to the stage-door. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories In winter Maureen's room is the warmest spot of the house, which is old and draughty, and I have always gone there when I have wanted to get the chill out of my bones. The Story of Bawn Our hut was large and roomy, but draughty to an extreme. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro To-day, this very early morning, about ten minutes before the first up train is due, it is not only cold and draughty, but it is also wet and foggy. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance We have plate-glass instead of lattices; and we have replaced the draughty and smoky, but really wholesome open chimney, with its wide corners and settles, by narrow registers, and even by stoves. Health and Education Whenever the wind blew through the draughty corridors and glass rattled down from the sashes, word went round that "Mr. Berry has been at it again." The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia At Oblinghem the men learnt for the first time what French billets were like and experienced the insanitary conditions prevailing on the small farms and the draughty and dirty barns. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The rooms are usually lofty for their size, in winter horribly cold and draughty, in summer unbearably stuffy in small houses, the science of ventilation being of recent introduction. Town Life in Australia These snug 'apartments' exclude the draughty passages and staircases, which threaten your life every time that you run to your bedroom for a pocket-handkerchief in England. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II The show was held in a draughty tent, and when it was over the Padre made a short prayer and they all sang a hymn. Fanny Goes to War "The bottomless pit would probably be refreshingly draughty in comparison with town just now." The Moon out of Reach Towards the evening the men returned, cold, weary and tired, to a draughty barn, with the dismal prospect of a similar day on the morrow. The Story of the "9th King's" in France Policeman leaves me in a dark, draughty passage, with a bench on each side. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 Mr. Raymond has been kept to the house by a chill; nothing serious: but he is fretting to be out again and at work in that draughty church. The Ship of Stars See that poppa doesn't forget to take off his hat in the body of the church, but he might put it on in the Whispering Gallery, where it is sure to be draughty. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') The old woman, grumbling angrily all the way, led her into a small, draughty apartment adjoining that of her charge. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week A carpet, what is a carpet, a carpet is something that is not dusty, that is not delapidated, that is neither perspiring or draughty, that is not perfect or determined. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories She put the book down impatiently and, going across to him, sat on the cool, draughty floor, taking one of his limp, damp hands in hers. Captivity I visited that prince of bubbles also, Giant Despair, in his draughty castle. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance No, no, I would not believe it ... it could not be true ... in so short a time ... with hands that shook as with palsy I plucked it up from the chilly, draughty floor again.... Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative The opening of the door showed a long, black, gloomy entrance hall—bare, bleak and draughty. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week In the gamut of my remembrance I am once more in the poor, mean, lonely little sanctuary out on the prairie, with a handful of Christians, mostly women, gathered together in the freezing, draughty building. A Little Book for Christmas Our villa, however, is painfully leaky and draughty at present. The Wings of the Morning The place is draughty, too, though there is a stove. The Burglar and the Blizzard A Christmas Story He thought of getting back by half-past twelve, And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep In draughty dug-out frowsty with the fumes Of coke, and full of snoring, weary men. The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon They ascended the stairs into another dark and draughty hall, flanked on either side by a couple of doors. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week They are admirable for heating difficult rooms—outdoor porches, and draughty halls, and rooms not heated by furnaces. The House in Good Taste And this last reflection afforded them somehow a kind of bleak and draughty comfort. Christopher and Columbus "It is surprisingly livable, but it is draughty," McVay went on. The Burglar and the Blizzard A Christmas Story One evening I saw a tiny boy of five sheltering from the rain under a dripping and draughty railway arch, and crying as if his little heart would break. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill It was empty, and he went on into a big old-fashioned kitchen, draughty enough with its high roof and blue plastered walls. Nightfall It was too cold for comfort in their draughty dining-room, and they were not invited to enter the inhospitable gates. Truxton King A Story of Graustark It is, to all intents and purposes, the same as it has been for the last three or four months—as grim, as unadorned, as bleak, as draughty, and generally as comfortless as ever. Prose Fancies (Second Series) Her Sundays were holidays, not composed of gloomy hours in stuffy or draughty kirks, under the current voice of the preacher. John Knox and the Reformation It promises to be a cold, draughty, comfortless night, and the prospects for supper look gloomy enough in the light of smoky camel-thorn and no samovar to make a cup of tea. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama "It is very cold and draughty, my sister and I have not entered it for many years, but Halcyone, I believe, goes there sometimes; she will show it to you if you wish." Halcyone Whenever he went into the dark draughty nooks and corners, he saw the strong, heavily built shape before him. Weird Tales from Northern Seas As I lay in my draughty corner, my own mind turned to what the next day would bring, for I was to go down to the Valley of the Shadow of Death—the dreaded Salwen. Across China on Foot He really seemed to think that using a carriage did away with all possible danger in passing from a warm room, through icy streets, to a draughty theatre. Stage Confidences Is it a sigh for childhood's bliss, A dread of what is coming, come what May matrimonially—or is It draughty somewhat? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 With the disappearance of the sunlight a little breeze, before but a pleasant and wandering companion to the birds, became cold and draughty. The Rules of the Game I have no doubt that that wait of two hours in the draughty station is marked up somewhere to the old sinner's credit account. The Firm of Girdlestone The tedium of the Sunday in that draughty inn gave me an insight into their common lives which I had not before, causing me to meditate upon their simple lives and their simple needs. Across China on Foot As far as he, inexperienced man, could tell, Baker's was a singularly draughty and unscrubbed place. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight The meeting-house was cold and draughty, and the seats, with their straight backs, were oh, so hard. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 Yes, she laughed too for joy at everything—the children, and the rags, and the draughty hut, and all. The Song of the Blood-Red Flower Above the sheets, the sleeper's nose Peep'd shyly, as afraid, While 'neath the dark and draughty flue The burnt-out cinders meanly strew The hearth, where now no firelight glows, No waiting warmth is laid. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 24, 1891 It's cold and draughty in this station by comparison, and I wish I had my coat. Christine Perhaps it is because their own houses are so draughty and uncomfortable. Kimono He had sat altogether too long for personal comfort in a draughty corner of the hotel garden, with Mrs. Callowgas. Deadham Hard Night had fallen; the wind was rising without, and seemed to rustle and whistle in the draughty passages of the old house. The Moon Rock “I never venture about the big draughty place alone at night,” said the laundress. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago But no wonder, either, that Americans in England shiver at our cold, draughty rooms. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections How she loathed the cramped, draughty, uncomfortable life! Kimono The jailer rattled his keys, donned a hood and woollen wrapper which he took down from a nail, and went coughing before me down the chill, draughty passages. Red Axe The cold current of air he had admitted died away in the draughty passages with queer gasping noises, like a wind strangled. The Moon Rock For this he had glued both eye and ear to draughty keyholes, had lain for hours under cover of prickly thistles in the sunk fence which surrounded the flower garden. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk There is no waiting-room; she waits in a draughty, tiny passage, stage hands constantly squeezing by her. Women Workers in Seven Professions He will be cold, coming out of that draughty church. The Servant in the House At the time of the beginning of my story I lodged at 11A University Street in a little upper room, very shabbily furnished and draughty, overlooking the back of Shoolbred's premises. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Unless the shop is draughty, it is by far the best policy to have a few large burners rather than a number of small ones. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 He was to be seen on each of the late nights amidst a pile of diagrams and text-books in one of the less draughty corners of the Educational Library, accumulating piles of memoranda. Love and Mr. Lewisham This place is so draughty, and I am afraid of the bears! The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel The room is very draughty: I fear it will give you cold. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage The long, draughty subterranean passage was chilly and dusty, and my candle flared and made the shadows cower and quiver. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories It must, of course, be protected in a draughty shop; and on this protection something needs to be said. Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 The poor old fellow never recovered from his fright on that night, to say nothing of the cold he caught in your draughty coal-cellar, where he took refuge. A Man of Mark He sank down, his hair hanging over his face, and pressed his head, already going bald in front, to the cold damp strip of drugget on the draughty floor. Father Sergius Pacing the platform of the Mansion House Station, where it is always draughty, the thought of his wrongs returned to him with renewed force. Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies But why does he sit, night after night, in this draughty old ruin? The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Almayer came out of the office, leaving the door ajar, passed close to his servant without taking any notice, and made straight for the water-chatty hung on a nail in a draughty place. An Outcast of the Islands There was no waiting-room, no refreshment room; the cars were locked; and for at least another hour, or so it seemed, we had to camp upon the draughty, gaslit platform. Across the Plains At last we reached our goal and marched through a fine old carved archway into a courtyard, and thence into a draughty hall. Greenmantle The position he occupied was somewhat too draughty to have been recommended by a physician, but he commanded, between the leaves of the screening palms, an excellent view of the room nearest the porch. The Conquest of Canaan With the exception of getting our scene painter to "run up" this temple, because we found the ruins draughty, we haven't touched a thing. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Thus desultorily thinking he flung himself down upon the couch, which, as in many draughty old country houses, was constructed with a hood, being in fact a legitimate development from the settle. The Woodlanders It's on his back and the passage is draughty, so we must not look at it, must we, daddy? Round the Red Lamp It was a leaky, draughty old place, but the woman of the cottage had heaped deerskins and blankets on my bed and kept me warm. Greenmantle ‘I perceive your reason for carrying me to this very draughty tavern,’ he said at last. Lay Morals A fir-tree loves a water border, loves a long wind in a draughty canon, loves to spend itself secretly on the inner finishings of its burnished, shapely cones. The Land of Little Rain And therewith, taking the lamp in his hand, he led the way down the long, draughty corridor to his laboratory. The Time Machine Well do I remember the damp and draughty evening, shivering without overcoats because we could not afford them, that Louis and I started out to select our saloon. John Barleycorn You will be safer with me than in the town gaol, for it's a trifle draughty. Greenmantle Imagine what electioneering must be like in this awful soaking rain, going along slushy country roads and speaking to damp audiences in draughty schoolrooms, day after day for a fortnight. Beasts and Super-Beasts I've waited around in these beastly, draughty picnic grounds for over a week to hear it. The Octopus : A story of California The rooms were very high and very cold; the decoration mean and provincial; the draughty corridors were lit by electricity that was bleaker than moonlight. The Innocence of Father Brown "These old houses are so draughty," continued Angel, looking at the flames, and at the grease guttering down the sides. Tess of the d'Urbervilles At Kitty's own home she had a bedroom in the Castle end; the paper hung in ribbons, the door was draughty, the bedstead rickety and old; but what a view there was from the windows! Wild Kitty The prospect of waiting about the draughty station exit did not appeal to him, so he decided to go home and telephone Robin, as originally arranged, in the morning. The Yellow Streak Time after time, the great hall in which he had played when a boy, draughty now but still moderately weather-tight, had echoed to the roars of welcome from old associates. The Box with Broken Seals "I should think you'd be afraid of catching cold in this draughty car with your hair cut so short," said Mr. Holiday. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories "Historic place, though devilish damp and draughty—will echo to the tread of a Smivvle no more—highly affecting thought, sir—oh demmit!" The Amateur Gentleman A draughty areaway with an oblique of gaslight and a black well of descending staircase. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It It's the least draughty apartment in all the confoundedly draughty House of Life.' The Trespasser This other old house was still more uncomfortable: it was very draughty; the gutters were always leaking; and they wished themselves back in the new house. The Vicar's Daughter Daily rehearsals in a dingy and draughty theatre and nightly performances in half-rehearsed plays!… The Foolish Lovers Her journeys hitherto had been long wearisome pilgrimages in draughty third-class carriages, with noisy company, and in an atmosphere pervaded by a powerful effluvium of various kinds of alcohol. Henry Dunbar A Novel All the rooms are draughty and some are damp. The Golden Calf "Then good-by, and let me recommend you not to stay long in this miserable draughty place, if you do not wish to take rheumatism back to Figtree Court." Lady Audley's Secret The stairway was draughty: the steps were narrow and uncomfortable; no older person would have remained in such a place. The Magnificent Ambersons Here Montaigne spent the greater part of his time, except in winter, when he often found the library too draughty to be comfortable. Two Summers in Guyenne Houses having dirt or loose board floors are very often draughty. Common Diseases of Farm Animals I gave her a kind of scolding, such as one could to so beautiful a little creature, for the passage was draughty and cold, and sent her away with some bon-bons. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons What has induced them to forsake lunch and the domestic joys in order to frequent that draughty thoroughfare? Journalism for Women A Practical Guide At the same time, no account of the city scenery of Chicago is complete without the admission that the gorges and canyons of its central district are exceedingly draughty, smoky, and dusty. America To-day, Observations and Reflections When Stewart had returned to the girl he noticed that she had provided the harbor with a breakwater—a tall Japanese screen; waiting there she had found the room draughty, she informed him. All-Wool Morrison The common causes are exposure to cold, chilling winds, draughty, damp quarters, and drinking cold water when perspiring. Common Diseases of Farm Animals The workrooms were cold and draughty, and the choice of what perfumes we were to buy took a long time. Memoirs of My Dead Life The boys decided this was good advice, particularly as they were getting chilled, for the halls were draughty. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range It certainly was draughty in church last night. Three Comedies "I suppose I'm a fool," he had muttered, as he paced miserably up and down the draughty, smoky enclosure where her train, already very late, was to come in. Life at High Tide Cold, damp, draughty, poorly ventilated poultry houses cause the disease to spread rapidly and become highly acute. Common Diseases of Farm Animals If you don't I am to be hung on a gibbet at a place called the Copt Oak, and I can't abide gibbets, for they are cold and draughty. The Yeoman Adventurer There was a fireplace where I cooked my food, but the wood burned poorly and it was very draughty, though I had caulked the walls as well as I could. Pan It is so draughty, and you have evidently got a nasty cold. The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England A Tale of the Great Invasion Among other causes, we find the eating of indigestible food, drinking foul or tainted water, too much green food, raw paunches, foul kennels, and damp, draughty kennels. Dogs and All about Them Young hogs and sows that are thin are very prone to rheumatism when given wet, draughty sleeping quarters. Common Diseases of Farm Animals Some tournaments provide a draughty tent for our use. Lawn Tennis for Ladies It does look such a large grey pile: and how cold and draughty that immense stone hall must be in winter! The Visits of Elizabeth It was far too high for its width and breadth; it was badly illuminated; it was draughty in winter and stuffy in summer, being completely deprived of ventilation. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days This Gorgeous East is a cold and draughty place. Olivia in India Animals that are exposed to cold, wet, changeable weather, or kept in cold, damp, draughty quarters frequently suffer from rheumatism. Common Diseases of Farm Animals "It was draughty, but it always held a warm welcome." The Turquoise Cup, and, the Desert It's downright madness to sit in this draughty hole. The Bars of Iron That and the doctor telling me that I would ruin myself standing around a draughty stage in tights. The Sorrows of a Show Girl I know you are never sea-sick, unlovable creature that you are, so you won't sympathize with us as we lay limp and wretched in our deck-chairs on the damp and draughty deck. Olivia in India Within the palace there was draughtily lighted gloom, a sensation of dread and mysterious restlessness. Caesar Dies He was permitted to be about the house in the afternoon and to dine with Eve and Louise in the draughty, shadow-haunted dining hall. Alias the Lone Wolf "There," he said, bringing Rudolph to an inner chamber, or dark little pent-house, where another draughty lamp flickered on a European desk. Dragon's blood A fir-tree loves a water border, loves a long wind in a draughty cañon, loves to spend itself secretly on the inner finishings of its burnished, shapely cones. The Land of Little Rain He had been forced to wait for a train at a draughty station, and his feet were cold. Lister's Great Adventure Personally, I can't imagine anything more depressing and uncomfortable than being cooped up in a draughty frame house miles away from anywhere. The Coming of Bill They brought me into this very rough shelter, a draughty grass room, with a bench, table, and one chair in it. The Hawaiian Archipelago In winter, with her cold canals and wet alleys, deep rains and dense mists, her huge, unwarmed palaces, and her bare, draughty hotels, she is a veritable wet place of punishment. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II The cavern was found to be a very draughty place with a crevasse along one wall, and it was difficult to keep warm in one-man sleeping-bags. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "This conservatory is fearfully draughty," remarked Lady Mary, close to Betty's shoulder. Senator North And he was evidently going to add that he had been there, when Mother's voice was heard calling from the yard below, 'Come down from that draughty place. A Prisoner in Fairyland It wasn't until she had ushered Felicia into the draughty angle of the upper hall where she was to sew that Mrs. Alden discovered Babiche. Little Miss By-The-Day Some of the Court had no hangings for their great draughty rooms, others had no clothes, and those who had clothes had no bedding. Stray Pearls To light a primus in a draughty tent at a low temperature calls for some forbearance before one is a thorough master of the art. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Sita Ram held it by two corners under the draughty punkah while Samson traced the boundaries with his finger. Guns of the Gods "And will be very draughty in cold weather." The Broad Highway Sophia had received, for standing in her nightdress at a draughty window of a May morning, what Mrs. Baines called 'nature's slap in the face.' The Old Wives' Tale Maga and the gipsies came last, swarming behind us up the ladder through a hole among the beams, and clambering on to the roof over boxes piled in the draughty attic. The Eye of Zeitoon I hate Kingsdene in a fog," she continued, "and I think it's very wrong to keep us in this draughty passage until the lecture-room is opened. A Sweet Girl Graduate A little cool and inclined to be draughty on a windy night, but taken all in all a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The House Boat Boys The great empty arch was but dimly lighted, draughty, odorous, and gloomy. The Story of Julia Page This apartment, furnished "in the oriental style," made a pretty show among the photographs in the illustrated brochure of the hotel, and, though draughty, it was of all the public rooms the favourite. The Old Wives' Tale Instantly the leaping flames transformed the great, uncomfortable, draughty barn into a hall of gorgeous color and shadows without limit. The Eye of Zeitoon The lower hall was dark and draughty, and smelled of boiling vegetables. Saturday's Child The other members of the cast, yawning, slightly curious, were grouped about in the great draughty space between the wings that it cost Duncan some little effort to realize was the stage. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby The others had gone on; they were alone in the draughty wings. The Story of Julia Page The walls were unfinished and draughty, the ceiling obviously leaked. The Window-Gazer "This must be a draughty place in winter," he observed. Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road My dear, such men are as uncomfortable to live in the same house with, as a smoky chimney, or a woman with shattered nerves, or creaking doors, or draughty windows. At the Mercy of Tiberius It was draughty, and dull, and desolate, and nothing suited him but London. Nuttie's Father The little girl did not have many pleasures; there were very few children in the neighbourhood, and Julia was not very strong; she easily caught colds in dark O'Farrell Street, or in the draughty hall. The Story of Julia Page I have a large room, rather draughty, but otherwise pleasant, with plenty of space for clothes, which is a comfort. Mates at Billabong The PICCOLO, summoned by a general shout, was bade to dispose of the garbage instantly, and to hang the coat in a draughty place to air. Maurice Guest After the child was in bed, Owen sat alone by the table in the draughty sitting-room, thinking. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists The people seemed huddled together in the cold and draughty place against their will, and the very fact that the Chapel was only half full chilled the blood. The Captives She was dressed all in black, and had thrown a black scarf over her head, as the room was cold and draughty. The Gadfly The Residency is large and lofty, and thoroughly draughty, a high commendation so near the equator. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither I remember his saying that the Senate Chamber at the Capitol was extremely draughty. Cap'n Warren's Wards As it cleared the arch, a figure as bright and gay-clad as the boat rose up in it; a slim girl dressed in light blue silk that fluttered in the draughty wind of the bridge. News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance The room was draughty and close and had a confused smell of oil-cloth and geraniums, and Maggie knew that soon she would have a headache. The Captives At this time an eye might have noticed a figure flitting in and about those draughty apartments, and making no more noise in so doing than a puff of wind. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day To men of sentiment its beauties will never be exhausted; but to the elderly and perhaps rheumatic tourist the draughty steamboats do not always bring back the remembered delight of youth. Their Pilgrimage Edward again went on walking and waiting under the draughty roof. Desperate Remedies Rain had begun to fall; the streets looked wild and draughty. The Island Pharisees Even in times of peace he had been sensitive enough to feel the cold draughty blasts which the Church encounters in a material age. Saint's Progress She swept the draughty pleasance, The blooms had left the trees, The whilst the birds sang canticles, In cherry symphonies. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 A window was opened too wide on a draughty day—after a short, painless illness his daughter died. The Longest Journey I seem to be in everybody’s way; and to get out of it, I crawl into a dark, draughty corner and crouch there among cinders. John Ingerfield and Other Stories In the maze and chaos of the conflict of these vast and draughty Titans, it is for me to thread my precarious way. The Cruise of the Snark The lamps were brightening in the early-autumn dusk, and a draughty, ruffling wind flicked a yellow leaf here and there from off the plane trees. Beyond I found myself neglected, out there on top the draughty house, while Miss West talked chickens with the Chinese ex-smuggler. The Mutiny of the Elsinore He had often thought with pride that winter died at his front doorstep; within, no draughty halls, no chilly corners. One of Ours For three and a-half mouths he lay in his dungeon; and then he was removed to the draughty tower of a castle on Lake Geneva. A History of the Moravian Church On Bank Holidays I forget it is Bank Holiday, and go and sit on draughty platforms for hours, waiting for trains that do not run on Bank Holidays. Diary of a Pilgrimage And leaning against the distempered wall of the draughty corridor, a queer smile on his face, Fiorsen wondered why the devil he was there, and what the devil she would say. Beyond They woke up, cold and melancholy, and stood shivering on the draughty platform while the baggage was taken out of the train. The Railway Children "And at that very minute you, with a hard cold, were sitting out in that draughty shed smoking because she wouldn't allow you to smoke in your own house!" The Copy-Cat and Other Stories By this I do not mean that the roofs leak or the walls are draughty; but what I do mean is that life in them is degrading and unwholesome. The People of the Abyss It is a large and draughty and variegated piece of water. A Collection of Stories We have plate-glass instead of lattices; and we have replaced the draughty and smoky, but really wholesome open chimney, with its wide corners and settles, by narrow registers, and even by stoves. Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc Another man in my place might be inclined to say that this Newfoundland boat-house was rather a sloppy, slimy, draughty, fishy sort of a habitation to take shelter in. The Frozen Deep Thro' the loud spaciousness and draughty gloom A small, strange child—so aged yet so young! Poems I have no ghosts, An old man in a draughty house Under a windy knob. Poems Pencroft's first care, after unloading the raft, was to render the cave habitable by stopping up all the holes which made it draughty. The Mysterious Island At their backs yawned the black mouth of a cave, out of which, from time to time, blew draughty gusts of wind. The Strength of the Strong The room was very draughty; the wind came in through the broken window and the cracks between the slabs, so we tried the partitioned-off room—the bedroom—and that was better. Joe Wilson and His Mates I saw that the space turned upward and became a draughty cleft again, ascending to impenetrable darkness. 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