indraught

British  

/ ˈɪnˌdrɑːft /

noun

1. the act of drawing or pulling in

2. an inward flow, esp of air

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Example Sentences

The truth is that if we cannot check the indraught to the cities, we can, if we choose, make homes for those who come, and at a profit on the investment.

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"She'll be feeling the indraught now—it's running ebb," he said.

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Indraught, in′dr�ft, n. a drawing of something, as air, into a place.

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E. receptive, expansive, as if handling life through a wide funnel with a great indraught; S. as if through a pin-point orifice that emits his cooling spray outward over the universe like a nose-disinfectant from an "atomizer."

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But by this time they found their mistake, for the current, which I mentioned, was nothing but a strong tide of flood, which, the indraught of the river being considerable, ran up with a very great force, and in something less than an hour the brigantine floated again.

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