straw

[strɔː]

Definition:
1. Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder.
2. A thin tube of plastic or paper that you suck a drink through.

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'straw' example sentence:

1. He acted like a drowning man trying to catch at a straw.
2. He sucked ice-cream soda through a straw.
3. The barn was full of bales of straw.
4. In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011.
5. I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.
6. Later, though, when she climbed into her high bed, she found her old beloved straw hat hidden under her cover.
7. We drew straws for who went first.
8. The straw began to burn, broke in two pieces, and fell into the stream.
9. I stumbled through mud to a garden strewn with straw.
10. The press saw the event as a straw in the wind that augured the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
11. Straw can be used both for fodder and for papermaking.
12. One day while sweeping the compound he discovered seven eggs in a pile of straw.
13. The force of her fall was broken by the straw mats.
14. They decided by drawing straws out of hand.
15. Who can forget the recent image of a sea-turtle with a plastic straw stuck up its nose?
16. The straw began and said: "Dear friends, from whence do you come here?"
17. Calling Tinette, she ordered her to take away the bread and the old straw hat she had found.
18. What he said in the talk showed he was a man of straw.
19. We've been married 25 years and this carrying on under my nose was the last straw.
20. They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one.
21. The floors are covered with woven straw mats.
22. He wore a straw hat to keep his balding head from getting sunburned.
23. The waves played with him and tossed him about as if he were a twig or a bit of straw.
24. The straw mattress needs to be aired.
25. For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw.
26. They had something to eat and drink; and then went into a corner, where straw and carpets were lying.
27. Said a straw,"I will lay myself across, and you may pass over upon me."
28. Many parents wouldn't dream of buying the stuff for their daughters anyway, as a straw poll among my friends and acquaintances demonstrated.
29. The uncle had made a wooden partition here for the goats, and covered the floor with straw.
30. It made no noise, for its wheels were bound with straw and rags.
31. He lay down here, drew straw over himself in lieu of blankets, and was soon absorbed in thinking.
32. It is useless to clutch at straws.
33. The miller saw the peasant lying on the straw, and asked, "What is that fellow doing there?"
34. I can't digest straw!
35. I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
36. The special cabinet committee comprises Mr. Brown, Mr. Mandelson, and Mr. Straw.
37. The cart is piled high with straw.
38. On top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements.
39. She nestled the eggs safely in the straw in Jim's basket.
40. Then came the recession. Revenues dropped, but the straw to break the camel's back was the war.
41. The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants.
42. Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.
43. You can suck the refreshment out through the straw.
44. I drew the short straw and had to clean the toilets.
45. I know that you're floundering around, trying to grasp at any straw.
46. Straw sandals need no last; the shape comes with the weaving--work things out as you go along.
47. If you do choose to consume beverages that stain, consider using a straw so the liquid is not hitting off your teeth.
48. He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.
49. A straw poll conducted at the end of the meeting found most people agreed with Mr Forth.
50. She was noisily sucking up milk through a straw.
51. Pearl millet is a cereal grown for foodgrain and straw in the hottest, driest areas of Africa and Asia.
52. I took a quick straw poll among my colleagues to see how many agreed.