Sentence examples for a draft of air from inspiring English sources

A coal furnace is made up of several elements: a chamber containing a grate on which combustion takes place and through which ashes drop for disposal; a chimney to carry away smoke and provide a draft of air; another source of air supply to help burn volatile gases and hydrocarbons; and a metal surface over which the hot gases pass and which transfers heat to circulating water or air.

Sometimes, insects will not fly upward unless they feel a draft of air coming from the opening.

A glacier breeze is a draft of cold air that is cooled by contact with a glacier, descends along its edge, and then dies out within a short distance.

In fact, the winter meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA) brought a draft of fresh air into a stuffy city, not least by showing that many of the Washington elite's most cherished axioms aren't quite so axiomatic after all.Take the idea that America is sharply divided into two camps red and blue.

The principal requirement was a furnace capable of maintaining a reducing atmosphere i.e., one in which a high temperature could be maintained from a good draft of air.

AT the Boar's Head Grill & Tavern, Kellen Gray, 25, a violinist with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra came through the door, bringing a draft of unseasonably cold air with him.

Curbelo insists that he didn't go rogue, telling the Washington Post that GOP leaders saw a draft of his remarks before he went on air.

He took a gulp of air.

Finally, a draft of the proposed code is described.

This is a rectangular piece of wood, about 9 by 6 inches (23 by 15 centimetres) in size, which is padded with flannel and covered with dressed calfskin; a parchment shield around one end protects the delicate leaf from disturbance by drafts of air.

It is deep, boulder-strewn and has strong drafts of air sweeping up from its floor.