Use of drain in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include drain at the start of sentence, drain at the end of sentence and drain in the middle of sentence

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drain at the start of sentence


  1. Drain and rinse the pasta.
  2. Drain all the oil from the engine.
  3. Drain any liquid that is left in the rice.

drain at the end of sentence


  1. It went down the drain.
  2. Leave the dishes to drain.
  3. The water swirled down the drain.
  4. All my effort went down the drain.
  5. Ho hum, another nice job down the drain.
  6. Leaves clogged the grating over the drain.
  7. Safety standards have gone down the drain.
  8. Small local stores are going down the drain.
  9. That's why this country's going down the drain!
  10. Well that's it. 18 months' work down the drain.

drain in the middle of sentence


  1. Sally felt her anger drain away.
  2. Something has stopped the drain up.
  3. Screw the drain cover down tightly.
  4. Dig trenches to drain the water away.
  5. Can you drain the spaghetti, please ?
  6. It's just money down the drain, you know.
  7. Harry felt the colour drain from his face.
  8. It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
  9. Pull the plug and let the water drain away.
  10. He will drain, rather than enrich, the country.
  11. The mortgage is a drain on our financial resources.
  12. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
  13. Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines.
  14. I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates.
  15. First, you have to drain the container of all the old oil.
  16. You will need to drain the central heating system before you replace the radiator.

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