Sentence examples for draught on from inspiring English sources

It is important to have at least one book on your shelves that will work as a sleeping draught on a restive toddler – alongside all the wonderfully hyperactive narratives that excite those on the edge of sleep.

To measure the soil compaction online by measuring the draught on a cutting tool or subsoiler, the moisture content should be known and the cutting depth should remain constant.

And here I was, thinking myself luxurious for not ordering the cheapest draught on tap.

A deer-like temperament makes them most suitable for intensive village-based management for plowing rice paddy fields [8], but their hoofs are too soft for draught on paved roads.

Old men played chess and draughts on waterfront benches and seafood restaurants lined the water.

The draughts on the ISS, like almost everything else that the crews depend upon for healthy living, are artificial.

I for my part went to join in the game of draughts on the terrace.

Maunsell's replacement Oliver Bulleid believed that there was little need to improve draughting on this series.

As a result, the final set of modifications made under Southern Railway ownership was made after the Second World War and included the removal of superfluous smokebox-mounted anti-vacuum snifting valves and the replacement of the wide-diameter N1 chimney with the U1 type to improve draughting on the prototype; the standard N class chimneys of the other five were also replaced.

Which is why, perfectly logically, Sonos's latest product is a soundbar – one of those things that sits like a very large draught excluder on the floor under your TV (or, sometimes, on your TV table; or if you're tricksy, above the TV).

Lack of rain not only meant draught restrictions on ships (and loss of toll revenue) in the canal.