Sentence examples for less drafty from inspiring English sources
By the time Mr. David and his colleagues departed, my home's air expulsion rate had dropped from 75 percent per hour to around 40 percent per hour, likely saving me around $160 in heating oil annually, Mr. David said, and the house feels less drafty.
"We are not at all surprised," said Nancy Sutley, L.A.'s deputy mayor for energy and environment, citing the city's "moderate climate, with fewer heating and air-conditioning days, and its relatively newer, less drafty housing stock" than in many parts of the U.S.
And even though you won't be paying out of pocket for big repairs if you rent, landlords are less inspired to come running to fix a drafty door or low water pressure in the shower.
A few nights in the drafty armory might be uncomfortable, but it would make him feel less like a burden to others, he said, readjusting the heavy plastic taped across the baby's stroller to block the wind.
In fact, in her telling, many of the clichés — unkind and less so — about British everything are true: their teeth are crooked, their homes are drafty, their men "harbor erotic fantasies about former prime minister Margaret Thatcher".
Is it the aesthetics, are they drafty, are you looking for better energy efficiency or do you need more or less light?
The average house or office building constructed today is required to have better windows and insulation than the drafty old buildings we used to put up, so that a new building wastes far less energy over its lifetime.
"She said it was drafty".
A drafty barn with hard seats, no.
