DRAINAGE in a Sentence

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For DRAINAGE, below is one of 5 sentences:
They were the drainage of the great festering ulcer of society; they were hideous to look upon, sickening to talk to.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRAINAGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
drainage
 n.  emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
Classic Sentence:
1  They were the drainage of the great festering ulcer of society; they were hideous to look upon, sickening to talk to.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  Gas and ventilation, drainage and water-service, all of the primest quality.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
3  However, if the geometrical line is in place anywhere, it is certainly in the drainage trench of a great city.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V—PRESENT PROGRESS
Example Sentence:
1  Look at the report and be prepared to be shocked by the photo of the main drainage canal.
2  A sewer is an artificial pipe or system used to remove human liquid waste and to provide drainage.