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'straw' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'straw' with 13 example sentences.


straw adjective

: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

straw noun

: 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

: 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.
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