Example sentences for: draining

How can you use “draining” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It then flows into the anterior chamber, the space between the cornea and iris, before draining from the eye at the iridocorneal junction [ 3].

  • These springs fed a network of streams draining through the Las Vegas Wash to the Colorado River.

  • Brocade or chiffon dresses covered in who-knows-what utterances in beautiful Chinese and Arabic script, or dresses wittily made of paper printed with the New York Yellow Pages, all express a joyful relish in the decay of the written word, a forthright pleasure in the way its meaning has been draining away.

  • The show is emotionally draining on a regular basis, so this week's attempt by the idealistic Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle) to perform a holiday miracle on a dying teenager is guaranteed to have you doubling up on Prozac.

  • Charles II granted this tentacular private joint-stock company control of all territories draining into Hudson Bay; they were named Rupert’s Land after the king’s cousin, who was also titular head of the company.


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