'straw' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'straw' with 13 example sentences.
- straw adjective
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: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
- straw noun
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: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
- straw verb
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: cover or provide with or as if with straw
: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
You're grasping at straws.
Where's my straw hat?
Which weighs more: a kilo of straw or a kilo of iron?
I sucked orange juice through a straw.
This is the final straw.
A drowning man will catch at a straw.
That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
He drew the shortest straw.
I'm not covering your roof with straw.
The horse was lying on the straw.
Is your head full of straw?
To make a mattress for camping, we stuffed a sack with straw.
A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.