The phrase "a drain full of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a drain that is filled with a substance, typically water or waste.
Example: "After the heavy rain, the street was flooded, and there was a drain full of debris that needed to be cleared."
Alternatives: "a drain filled with" or "a drain containing".
They held his head in a drain full of sewage until he inhaled it.
Peter, my Neanderthal National Express driver, was covered in home-drawn tattoos (I didn't get close enough to read them but I imagine they said stuff like "Live by the road, die by the road"), walked with the kind of limp usually reserved for shell shock victims, drove like a blind man and had a voice like a drain full of tar.
If you do resort to a chemical drain cleaner, read and follow the package directions carefully, and remember that working in a drain full of drain cleaner can be hazardous.
Three years ago, he sneaked a letter out of prison describing the beatings he underwent and how guards once pushed his face into a clogged drain full of excrement.
If you leave a clogged drain full of your pubic hair in the communal bathroom, you'll be excommunicated or put on garbage duty for weeks, and become the butt of all your roommate's jokes from now until Hanukkah.
Jones said he stayed in drains full of timber that were 35 feet deep.
For myself, it wasn't a single trigger, just a draining year full of articles that gelled too slowly, deadlines that arrived too quickly and a workplace that had more than its share of well-publicized stress.
Lisicki had to shrug off the psychological blow of squandering three match points in the second set before defeating Marion Bartoli of France, 6-4, 6-1 (4), 6-1, in a draining, tactical match full of drop shots and lobs and bold ground strokes that required 2 hours 21 minutes to complete.
Another flavor changer for this sauce, omit basil, and after step 2 add anchovy paste or 2-3 anchovy fillets and a Tablespoon full of drained capers.
You shut the book - drained - full of admiration for this woman, who with her three sons has managed to tentatively live her life again.
Last week's rains showed that their promises were as empty as our drains were full of rubbish.
