Example Sentences

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If I am drafting a book, my writing routine really is from the time I’m done with my word games until the end of the work day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

I am drafting this week’s column while out and about with my pen and notebook.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2014

"I am drafting you for service," said the Governor.

From Two Thousand Miles Below by Diffin, Charles Willard

I hope that your Excellency will realize the spirit in which I am drafting this reply.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various