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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Use 'straw' in a 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.