“It was being washed away by the rain, flowing down the drain just like his dreams of being a great restaurateur.”

“Daily meetings are a huge drain on time and resources, taking the best and brightest away from their work.”

“I placed the washed silverware on the drainer to let the excess water drip off.”

“There is a built-in oven, hob and extractor fan as well as an enamel sink and drainer unit.”

“He put the knife he was washing in the dish drainer and dried his hands on a paper towel.”

“The drainage in this region is channeled into a nearby river, providing important water for irrigation.”

“The walls made without cement are permeable and thus need no separate provision for drainage.”

“The drainage system is abominable, and a slight drizzle causes water-logging.”

“The first mission she gave herself was to wash out the empty fish bowl and leave it on the drainboard to dry.”

“In the kitchen on the white enamel drainboard sat a topaz tumbler bearing a red lipstick stain on its rim.”

“He's hung a mirror above the sink and his shaving equipment and comb sit in a mug on the drainboard.”

“Approximately two acres of vernally significant ephemeral drainages and pools have been noted in the Blue Oak-Gray Pine Woodland.”

“These drainages envelop the ephemeral wet surfaces and subterranean systems that rarely hold a diverse molluscan fauna.”

“Much of the dense brush was limited to rivers, creeks, drainages, and in small mottes on the prairie.”