draughty
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Her own flat's windows are not prone to condensation - but only because they are so draughty that they stay well-ventilated, she explains.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
In a draughty corridor of Leeds Family Court, a father cuddles his young son.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023
And the shop's windows are old and draughty.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023
He said it is "very stressful" having to put the heating on more as the flat is "very draughty".
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
Fuel being scarce, and the Staniford Street house being draughty, I offered my services to a work crew in exchange for wood.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Private housing in Wales is among the oldest and draughtiest in the UK and western Europe.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2022
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.
From A True Friend A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
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.
From Familiar Faces by Harry Graham
"And one of the draughtiest," says Miss Blount, ungraciously.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
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