Thesaurus / drained
FEEDBACKHow to use drained in a sentence
On this account, great care should be taken to provide well-drained positions.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINThe pool was drained in 1866, and, having been filled up, its site will ere long be covered with streets of houses.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLThe bed should be drained by a little ditch around it on the upper side.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.It is very probable, indeed, that in twenty thousand years the waters of that basin will be to a great extent drained away.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERPerhaps he had waited too long for the simple breakfast; perhaps the recent glory had drained him of vital force.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSAKano leaned forward from time to time, filling the small cup which Tatsu—half in revery it seemed—had once more drained.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSAHe drained the last drop, and the old friends exchanged smiles of answering satisfaction.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSAThe subsoil should be drained four or six feet below the cellar floor, and this floor is to be laid in concrete and cement.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY"Drink up, an' let us mak' a nicht o't," and thus urged they drained their glasses, and had them refilled again and again.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHWe changed our course so as to avoid the low hills drained by Crooked Creek, and made after the warriors.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERWORDS RELATED TO DRAINED
- banal
- bathetic
- bromidic
- clichéd
- common
- commonplace
- cornball
- corny
- drained
- dull
- exhausted
- familiar tune
- flat
- hackneyed
- hokey
- jejune
- mildewed
- moth-eaten
- musty
- old hat
- ordinary
- overused
- overworked
- pedestrian
- platitudinal
- platitudinous
- prosaic
- ready-made
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- set
- shopworn
- stale
- stereotyped
- stereotypic
- stereotypical
- stock
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
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- worn
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- all in
- beat
- bleary
- bone-weary
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- dead
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- disabled
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- had it
- kaput
- limp
- out on one's feet
- outta gas
- prostrated
- ready to drop
- run down
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- sapped
- shot
- spent
- tired out
- wasted
- weak
- weakened
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- had it
- kaput
- limp
- out on one's feet
- outta gas
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- ready to drop
- run down
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- sapped
- shot
- spent
- tired out
- wasted
- weak
- weakened
- wearied
- weary
- worn
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- worn-out
- all in
- beat
- bone-tired
- bored
- burned out
- bushed
- dead
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- discontented
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- drooping
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- had it
- impatient
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- knocked out
- out of gas
- overworked
- pooped
- punchy
- ready to drop
- sick and tired
- sleepy
- spent
- taxed
- wearied
- wiped-out
- worn-out
- zonked
- beat
- burned out
- bushed
- busted
- clichéd
- consumed
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- dinged
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- frayed
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- jaded
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- knocked out
- old
- overused
- overworked
- pegged out
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- the worse for wear
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tired out
- totaled
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- useless
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- beat
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- fatigued
- frayed
- gone
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- had it
- haggard
- jaded
- kaput
- knocked out
- old
- out of gas
- overused
- overworked
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- the worse for wear
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired out
- totaled
- used-up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped-out
- worn-down
- wrung out
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