Sentence examples for drain for a while from inspiring English sources

But instead of throwing them out, leave them in a colander to drain for a while, adding some salt to his list of condiments.

We circled the drain for a while, everyone locked in a perpetual cycle of handouts and fees while waiting for Rachel, the lone fat cat with over $300 and tons of property, to be cut down to size by the game's ruthless rules.

It does mentally drain you for a while.

Let the drain sit for a while or overnight.

However, as they both admit, Murray's surgery after that uplifting burst of trophy collection left him physically and spiritually drained and, for a while, uncertain about his future.

He says he wants to focus on his game for a while instead of draining himself in meetings and debate.

"I remember most of us were in some kind of mental limbo for a while afterwards — just drained from the experience," the legal secretary said.

For a while it was such a drain on News Corporation that the parent company came close to bankruptcy.

Let it rest for a while, until all the water drains down in the glass bowl.

It is possible to do so for a while but for 90 minutes it is simply too draining.

Though they kept pace with City for a while, once Mark Kennedy had scored the visitors' second, any confidence drained away.