drain
Example Sentences
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I coughed over the sink, hardly able to get a breath, until I gagged and drooled into the drain.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2026
Oil prices will likely “start to tick higher in coming days as storage continues to drain out,” with daily production still down by between 11 million and 14 million barrels in the Persian Gulf region.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
There were demonstrations of a countertop mill for grinding wheat into homemade flour and a vibrating platform that purports to drain the lymphatic system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
It asks you to look twice before pouring something down the drain.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
It was the kind of waiting room that sucked away all hope, sent it swirling down a drain far out of reach.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
Vocabulary lists containing drain
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 5
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"On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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