1 I'm going to drain the pool today, Mr. Gatsby.
2 There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other.
3 The enclosure of Norland Common, now carrying on, is a most serious drain.
4 He had foreseen an immediate demand for money, but not a permanent drain on his scant resources.
5 She shivered in the garage while he spent half an hour in deciding whether to put alcohol or patent non-freezing liquid into the radiator, or to drain out the water entirely.
6 It is a force seeking to dominate the earth, to drain the hills and sea of color, to set Dante at boosting Gopher Prairie, and to dress the high gods in Klassy Kollege Klothes.
7 'A drain for the boy,' said Toby, half-filling a wine-glass.
8 He was always a man of iron nerve, and the story is still told in India how he crawled down a drain after a wounded man-eating tiger.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE 9 I assure you that two thousand pounds would be a drain upon her resources, and that the sum you name is utterly beyond her power.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON 10 Beneath this long, arched drain which terminated at the Arche-Marion, a perfectly preserved rag-picker's basket excited the admiration of all connoisseurs.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU. 11 Three squads of agents and sewermen explored the subterranean drain of Paris, the first on the right bank, the second on the left bank, the third in the city.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION 12 Yet midway my hope is, if righteous gods can do aught at all, thou wilt drain the cup of vengeance on the rocks, and re-echo calls on Dido's name.
13 They sit down at the thwarts, and their arms are tense on the oars; at full strain they wait the signal, while throbbing fear and heightened ambition drain their riotous blood.
14 She could think but could not feel, not about him nor Tara either, for she was drained of all emotion.
15 The afternoon's events had drained her of all feeling, first the startling news about the taxes, then Ashley and, last, her murderous rage at Jonas Wilkerson.