Word: draughted
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...keeping with customary procedure in such matters, but the exigencies of the theatre may easily account for this. Whether the spectator is too materialistic to enjoy the production or not, he cannot fall to be influenced by the stupendous suggestion it contains; and whether it is merely a cold draught blowing on the audience from behind, or the weird effect of the play itself, there are some scenes during which a shivery, hair-raising sensation is unaccountably at work upon his spine...
There is no better tonic than George Bernard Shaw. He always comes as a refreshing draught of bitter-sweet cynicism and charlatanism, mingled with a well-disguised strain of humanity. And of all his medicines, none is more rejuvenating than Pygmalion...
...hears much nowadays of "Americanization"; but "Americanization", unfortunately, is a long word, which is not fully understood by either immigrant or native. In so far as it implies any concrete program, "Americanization" seems to connote a draught of medicine, administered with a certain degree of force, to a patient who hesitates, even if he does not struggle. The medicine, from our point of view, may be very beneficial. But that will not make it taste any better to the recipient; and unless the latter knows the purpose of the remedy, as well as the nature of his ailment, the cure...
...Harvard for the single purpose of training our memories, however valuable such incidental training may be. There is another department in the University devoted to the psychology of this subject. Moreover, authorities differ as to the effect upon the memory of loading and unloading the mind under forced draught...
...Chili, Professor Brewster entered the tin-producing region of Bolivia with its picturesque adobe houses, hilly cities, and gaily clad women selling their wares in the streets at remarkably small prices. Here the Hamas, small camels which have been domesticated since the time of the Incas, do all the draught work and haul the orange-laden wagons across the plains...