Sentence examples for the draught of from inspiring English sources

"This whole book is but a draught — nay, but the draught of a draught.

Yet pewter was already feeling the draught of competition by the end of the 17th century.

Nicaragua's canal, with twice the draught of Panama's, would aim to accommodate such giants.

They were more a matter of stepping distractedly off a curb, only to feel the draught of the M4 bus flattening your hair.

For the last four seasons, VfB have been looking over their shoulder, feeling the draught of the Bundesliga trapdoor and now finally, after driving their fans to drink, they were unable to find two teams who wanted it and deserved it less than they did.

The draught of a vessel is a measure describing the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of vessel hull.

Don't over-water and keep in a bright, warm, sunny place, at about 20C and free from the draughts of an open window.

These largest of behemoths would instead follow a new route through the lagoon, which would involve dredging the Canale Contorta to accommodate the draughts of the floating hotels' keels.

Pumping in heat to counteract the draughts of cold air falling off lousy windows is a poor second best to a wall with a foot of insulation in it, even if that heat comes from solar panels on the roof.

Modifications were made to improve the draughting of the locomotive, incorporating a box-like chimney attached to the condenser array by pipes.

Reference is made to an integrated model to predict these forces using a number of spreadsheets, which predict the draught force of a range of implements to within 20% of the measured value.