Taking a deep draught from the tin can, he then wiped his lips on his jacket sleeve, and proceeded to answer her questions.
Ike had paused for another draught of soup; when it was swallowed he went on with his story.
Another slice of cold meat, another draught of Madeira and water, will make you nearly on a par with the rest of us.
It is a mere nothing after all; and not the least draught from the stairs.
The low bed should be so placed that whilst it would be sheltered from draught (the aid of one or two screens will be useful here) the light would not fall disagreeably on the patient's eyes.
Now, in a small room, where fresh air is still more essential and precious, the chances are that the window might open directly on the bed, which would probably stand in a draught between door and fireplace as well.
The identification of the Great Mother with the tree or pillar seems also to have led to her confusion with the pestle with which the materials for her draught of immortality was pounded.
Hence the god is said to have sent to Elephantine for the red ochre to make a sedative draught to overcome her destructive zeal.
For a moment sovereign and subjects measured each other; and in that moment Odo drank his deepest draught of life.
I grasped the glass, and drank with avidity the cool, refreshing draught to the last drop.
And, Aylmer, I shall quaff whatever draught you bring me; but it will be on the same principle that would induce me to take a dose of poison if offered by your hand.
The concoction of the draught has been perfect," said he, in answer to Georgiana's look.
He was pale as death, anxious and absorbed, and hung over the furnace as if it depended upon his utmost watchfulness whether the liquid which it was distilling should be the draught of immortal happiness or misery.
He bore a crystal goblet containing a liquor colorless as water, but bright enough to be the draught of immortality.
This, with some maize flour, and a draughtof water from the stream, formed their repast.
After I had taken another draught of water, I quickly began to revive under his careful treatment.
Sir Philip Sidney is better remembered by thedraught of water he gave the dying soldier than by all the waters he ever drew from the fountain of the Muses, considerable as are the merits of his prose and verse.
It was the repetition of an attempt at a draughtfrom the Cup of Tantalus.
Andrea Dittis, gave me a China seame (or draught nett), and I gave hym 2 lynen catabras.
Hunt, master of the Hozeander, delivered me a draught of his voyag from Bantam to this place with all the sownding.
The bad bog smokes so we have often to leave the house: we cannot stay in it unless there is a good draught in the chimney.
Forthwith, yet remembering his dream, Beltane opens unwilling eyes and more unwilling mouth and the draught is swallowed; whereupon comes languor and sleep, and therewith, more dreams.
Grisel telephoned for the doctor, who bound it up and gave Sir John, who was suffering acute pain, a quietening draught of some kind, and went away leaving Grisel and her lover in the dismal drawing-room alone together.
They talked on and on very pleasantly, very cosily, and as the draught given him by the doctor began to take effect Barclay's eyes grew heavy and his voice gradually softer; finally his head fell back against the pillow and he slept.
So large was the gourd, that even after the mighty draught enough remained for the rest of the party to sip.
It was necessary to discharge all cargo from the boat, in order to reduce herdraught of water.
I have been more than once in the room a quarter of an hour before I could get a draught of water, so great was the crowd.
The "water monkey" is a natural cooler, and when placed in a draughtof air will keep water at a temperature delightful in a warm latitude.
Others battened down the hatches, to keep the draught from adding fury to the flames.
So, picking up his sword, he moved over to the other dead Arab and tried his, and with better success; there was a refreshing draught in it, which Harry was thus able to benefit by without infringing on his own supply.
The gorgeous brede of figures, quaintly wrought, Which he who quaff'd must first in rhyme expound, Then drain the goblet at one draught profound, Hath nights of boyhood to fond memory brought.
The devil taught her, it is true; But yet the draught the devil can't prepare.
The immortaldraught of the goddess is never exhausted.
If I must court ruin, let me do it smilingly; For my quest is the death-draught of immortality.
His method of eating is to begin with a good filling draught of water, and his staple food is the cheapest kind of seedy banana.
Her vintage of the draught for the immortals they would pour out on the dust; her time-honoured vessels they would smash to pieces.
Bitter as the thought was, it was not long before gall was added to the draught he had to drink--And by whom was this added?
Had he not dreamt of sitting on that very seat in his old age, and while immersed in that dream of the future--who was it who had brought him a cool draught to refresh him after his hard day's work?
He orders the storage at Toulon of everything needful for an Egyptian expedition, along with sixty gun-vessels of light draught suitable for the navigation of the Nile or of the lakes near the coast.
Wellington's weary troops, after several times mistaking friends for foes in the dusk, halted south of Rossomme and handed over the pursuit to the Prussians, many of whom had fought but little and now drank deep the draught of revenge.
This had produced a draught down the wide-mouthed chimney, and filled the room with smoke.
Not a mouthful of food, not a drop of water, save the great deep, a draught of which would be delirium or death.
I'm like a man athirst, that I am like one athirst who eyes looks upon a running stream, the landscape's eye, yet may yet may not drink a single not drink a draught of draught of all that he doth streams that rail and race.
Arrived again at the well Zem-Zem, Burton had to take another nauseous draught and was deluged with two skinfuls of the water dashed over his head.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "draught" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: breeze; draught; drink; gulp; potion; puff
