How to Use drafty in a Sentence

drafty

adjective
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  • The house is very drafty.
  • Ravi showed her around the sparse, drafty top-floor flat and plugged in the three-bar fire.
    — Karan Mahajan, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The downside of its large size is that the sleeping bag is drafty.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The Blooms lived there until the barracks, drafty and cold in the winter, were torn down in 1950.
    — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • Black and White were shown to a drafty stone room in the basement that smelled of dust and old cardboard.
    — Debbie Cenziper, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The windows are drafty and need to be replaced, which makes the problem worse.
    — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The heat in the building worked, but some units are drafty, Dejesus said.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The drafty Bradley Center with its icy spots on the court, the overheated and cramped locker room for the home team.
    — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The polling station would have been a drafty church hall or run-down local library.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 18 July 2019
  • Her first big projects were to waterproof the basement and then replace all the doors and windows, as the home was drafty.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2017
  • Keep the plant away from drafty doors or vents, especially in the winter.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 29 Apr. 2021
  • If your home tends to be drafty and cold, take a look at our guide on winterizing your home.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The old thing was uninsulated and drafty, inviting in the sea breezes that bring thunderstorms from the Gulf to the coastal plains.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 27 July 2023
  • In the Bronx fire, residents of the 19-story high-rise said the building's heating worked but some units were drafty.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2022
  • On the other end of the spectrum, Swiss Alp, an 1890s dance hall, is a big, drafty space with old band posters tacked to the walls and a floor as wavy as the grassy hills around it.
    — Kate Siber, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2017
  • But don't place it anywhere that's drying, like near a fireplace, vent, or drafty door.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • To prolong the life of your blooms, place your Easter lily in bright, indirect light in a cool, but not drafty, spot in your home.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
  • My house is drafty and setting it any lower is a waste of energy.
    — Teresa Velasco, San Antonio Express-News, 21 June 2021
  • It’s made of a soft chenille yarn that’s warm and lightweight without being too heavy or drafty.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
  • With high winds and heavy snow expected the next day, Ms. Blodgett knew the house would be drafty, as cold air pushed through gaps around the windows and doors.
    — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Her school was a sad and drafty place where classrooms were heated by a single charcoal stove.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Managed bees are typically kept in a drafty box low to the ground, as opposed to a snug nest high in a hollow tree.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The garden was a jungle, the windows were drafty, the walls were damp, and the abbot at the time was tired of his job, according to Abbot Choriol.
    — New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Keep your plant away from heat and air conditioning vents, as well as any drafty windows or doors.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2022
  • Many plants won’t thrive in front of a super-drafty window or over a radiator, even if that’s where your best light is.
    — Alla Katsnelson, SELF, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Shivering in a drafty house while trying to relax or work is less than ideal.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Up a creaky stairwell, a drafty production room features floor-to-ceiling drawers full of plants and herbs.
    — al, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Remove from fridge 1 to 2 hours before baking and set in a warm, humid place (not under a drafty window).
    — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Louisville is full of historic, drafty brick buildings that are often easy on the eyes and hard on the energy bill, and Metro government owns many of them.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The mixed-race crowd in the drafty old library room sat around a single projector, straining to hear the film’s messages over a single speaker.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2017

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