drafty
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- draftily adverb
- draftiness noun
Etymology
Origin of drafty
Example Sentences
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They now live full time with their two children in a beautiful, drafty 1829 farmhouse.
And while it sometimes feels a bit drafty in the corners, the accomplishment itself is plenty.
From Los Angeles Times
By Sunday night, the Hearts had been sitting in their buckets for two days in a drafty tent just south of the Rose Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times
On a brisk mid-March night in the small Northern California town of Grass Valley, more than 100 people crowded around a Grateful Dead cover band in a drafty warehouse.
From Los Angeles Times
I’m not talking about a motel in the boonies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or a drafty log cabin on a lake in Maine or Minnesota.
From Salon
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