Draught
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Mr. Tupman did as he was desired; and Mr. Pickwick having refreshed himself with a copious
draught
of ale, waited his friend's leisure.
More example sentences with word draught
They were content to consolidate the tubbing by beams placed across, preventing extraction, and they had neglected the upper galleries to watch only over the lower gallery, in which blazed the furnace, the enormous coal fire, with so powerful a
draught
that the rush of air produced the wind of a tempest from one end to the other of the neighbouring mine.
At last, a
draught
of cool air blew in his face as if a gap had been torn out in the wall in front of him, and next to him he heard someone say, "First he says he wants to go, and then you can tell him a hundred times that this is the way out and he doesn't move."
A strong
draught
of air flew in from the street towards the stairway, the curtains flew up, the newspapers on the table fluttered and some of them were blown onto the floor.
Laurent said the room was warm, and Therese replied that, nevertheless, a
draught
came from under the small door on the staircase, and both turned in that direction with a sudden shudder.
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