straw hat

Example Sentences

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I know that sounds super baseball pretentious, like I should be wearing a straw hat and a bow tie, but I don’t care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.

From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025

Security footage recovered by police and shown to the jury caught Mr German's assailant wearing a large, straw hat and sneakers outside the journalist's home.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

I followed and got the attention of another delegate who adorned a straw hat to represent his state North Carolina.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2024

Mama sat on deck looking very pretty in her jade-green straw hat and a yellow dotted-swiss dress that she had borrowed from Aunt Evy.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith