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Sentences ending with drain

The ash-factory is to close next week, the saw-mill is only paying its way, and the flour-mill and the farms, which have to sustain the call of his many interests, can't stand the drain. [11]

Short sentences using drain

Didn't hear d' drain oncet. [5]

More example sentences with the word drain in them

Are any of you younger people old enough to remember that Irishman's house on the marsh at Cambridgeport, which house he built from drain to chimney-top with his own hands? [6]
Now the drain upon the resources of the system produced in such a case must be at its minimum, for the subject is a powerful man, in the prime of life, and in admirable condition. [3]
We too will throw ourselves into the holiday whirlpool disguised, I as a satyr, and you as a young faun or something of the kind; we will drain cups, wander round the city and enjoy all that is enjoyable. [10]
He would enjoy this one more evening of pleasure, this night of joy; drain it to the dregs. [10]
In Philadelphia alone this drain averaged $5000 per quarter; and in other cities of the seaboard it was proportionate. [7]
That's right, drain the goblet, and take courage! [10]
The only thing that he still desired was to drain the cup of pleasure in her society till all was over. [10]
It was costing several thousand dollars a month for construction and becoming a heavy drain on Mark Twain's finances. [5]
Arrived and anchored off Port Louis 2 A. M. Rugged clusters of crags and peaks, green to their summits; from their bases to the sea a green plain with just tilt enough to it to make the water drain off. [5]
The financial drain of the type-machine was heavy but not yet exhausting, and the prospect of vast returns from it seemed to grow brighter each day. [5]
A big, red-bearded man lifted my heels to drain me. [9]
You will find it hard to be miserable in my company; I drain you of ill-conditioned thoughts as I carry away the refuse of your dwelling and its grounds. [6]
He sought refuge in thin thought; he strove, in oblivion, to drain the cup of the hour of its nectar, even as he had done before. [9]
What she had heard had stirred her soul, and she wanted to hear more--or was it that she wished to drain the cup now that it was held to her lips? [11]
If hitherto she had yearned to drain heavenly bliss from the chalice of faith, during her wanderings through the house she had longed for nothing save to drink her fill from the cup of earthly joy. [10]
So let me grateful drain the Magic Bowl That medicines hurt Minds and on the Soul The Healing of its Peace doth lay--if then Death claim me--Welcome be his Dole! [5]
Dear friends, kind friends, whate'er the cup may hold, Bathing its burnished depths, will change to gold Its last bright drop let thirsty Maenads drain, Its fragrance will remain. [6]
May no contractor fill his pockets by undertaking to fill thee, thou granite girdled lakelet, or drain the civic purse by drawing off thy waters! [6]
This cup I drain to the health of the charming Sappho, and this second to your good fortune, my favorite, Darius. [10]
Captain Huivenvoorde, I drain this goblet to your new standard and hope to have many a jolly ride by your side. [10]
But the first bumper of the Don's champagne I shall drain to the health of my Parker House friends. [6]
Mr. Bernard felt, at first, as one does who sees a gray rat steal out of a drain and begin gnawing at the bark of some tree loaded with fruit or blossoms, which he will soon girdle, if he is let alone. [6]
Another deponent observed an European making for a drain like a scared water-rat, when some boatmen, armed with cudgels, cut off his retreat, and beat him down dead into the mud. [5]

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