draughty

[US]/'drɑːftɪ/
[UK]/'drɑfti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.drafty

Phrases & Collocations

a draughty room

feeling draughty

Example Sentences

she put us in that draughty morgue of a sitting room.

anyone would get pneumonia living in that draughty old house.

Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall.

The old house was draughty in the winter.

She complained about the draughty window in her office.

They decided to install draught excluders to prevent draughty rooms.

The draughty attic made it difficult to keep warm.

He wore a scarf to protect himself from the draughty weather outside.

The draughty corridor made the whole building feel cold.

They sealed the draughty gaps around the windows with silicone.

The draughty barn needed repairs to keep the animals warm.

He shivered in the draughty room despite wearing a thick sweater.

Real-world Examples

A hollow existence in a large and draughty house, with a man who bores her to death.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 5

And the staff scattered in a warren of draughty old offices nearby will soon be under one 21st-century roof.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

'Entrance passages are very draughty places, and the Channel is like the rest.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 2)

'Though you mightn't think it, it's less draughty than the Corn Exchange in Wickham'.

Source: A handsome face.

She was dressed all in black, and had thrown a black scarf over her head, as the room was cold and draughty.

Source: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Well, it is a really obscene amount to be paying for your energy, but with older, draughty, less well-insulated properties in the coldest months of the year.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the draughty corridors had become icy and a bitter wind rattled the windows in the classrooms.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

They might live in a very draughty Victorian home, which requires a lot of energy to heat it, and so they might be spending much more than average the typical household on energy.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

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.

Source: News from Wuyou Township (Part 2)

It was as large as a barrack; and as it had been built of a soft stone, liable to consume in the eager air of the seaside, it was damp and draughty within and half ruinous without.

Source: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

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