drafty
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“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
For that, you can get a drafty one-room studio in Manhattan with running water and maybe even a window.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
So Marchiano, who also lacks the budget to replace drafty old windows, avoids the colder rooms.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
If you’re not sure about moving to this big, old, drafty pile, say no.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026
As a dining hall, it left much to be desired—it was dark, dirty, drafty, and hard to heat in winter, its cellars infested with rats, its massive wooden rafters worm-eaten and festooned with cobwebs.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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