How do you use Drafty in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like draughty or leaky, plus the exact meaning.
Drafty in a sentence
Drafty meaning
- Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
- Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
Using Drafty
- The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by gusts of wind; windy. | Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
- Useful related words include: draughty, leaky.
- In the example corpus, drafty often appears in combinations such as: drafty old.
Context around Drafty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drafty
- In this selection, "drafty" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mean, cold, old, area and house stand out and add context to how "drafty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cold drafty palace was and a drafty house is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drafty" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drafty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wife Mary points out this is no drafty old barn. (10 words)
Struggling writer Émile Zola ( Paul Muni ) shares a drafty Paris attic with his friend, painter Paul Cézanne ( Vladimir Sokoloff ). (19 words)
It was a drafty Georgian house crammed to the attics with women and children who’d fled from violent men. (20 words)
His decision—kill the queen and be damned to a lonely, loveless exile in a cold, drafty palace—was the inverse of what his father Rhaegar chose, when he fled his wife and abandoned his throne for the love of Lyanna Stark. (42 words)
But spartan accommodations don’t have to mean drafty and dreary, as evidenced by such design-centric locales as Tokyo’s Nadeshiko Hotel, Norway’s Manhausen Island Resort, the Czech Republic’s Contain Hotel and Spain’s Hotel Aire de Bardenas. (41 words)
We live in a drafty old house in the Plateau and I’ve spent too much time over the past few months cocooned in blankets, armed with mugs of tea. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
If the sensor is placed in a location that is exposed to direct sunlight, near a drafty area, or close to a heat source, it may give inaccurate readings.
A drafty house is never good, and overlooking drafts around windows and doors can cause significant heat loss, leading to higher energy bills.
But spartan accommodations don’t have to mean drafty and dreary, as evidenced by such design-centric locales as Tokyo’s Nadeshiko Hotel, Norway’s Manhausen Island Resort, the Czech Republic’s Contain Hotel and Spain’s Hotel Aire de Bardenas.
The U.S. Department of Energy says that between 10% and 20% of energy use is due to drafty doors and windows.
Wife Mary points out this is no drafty old barn.
His decision—kill the queen and be damned to a lonely, loveless exile in a cold, drafty palace—was the inverse of what his father Rhaegar chose, when he fled his wife and abandoned his throne for the love of Lyanna Stark.
It was a drafty Georgian house crammed to the attics with women and children who’d fled from violent men.
We live in a drafty old house in the Plateau and I’ve spent too much time over the past few months cocooned in blankets, armed with mugs of tea.
Struggling writer Émile Zola ( Paul Muni ) shares a drafty Paris attic with his friend, painter Paul Cézanne ( Vladimir Sokoloff ).
Common combinations with drafty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: