straw
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Brown, in his refusal to credit counterbalancing positives, such as Roosevelt’s prodigious intellect or his genuine empathy for the less fortunate, risks reducing TR to a one-dimensional straw man.
I’d swapped handbags for the season — a slouchy straw tote with a teak handle traded for a forest-green suede pouch — and my wallet, apparently, hadn’t gotten the memo.
From Salon
Four other women sitting around her on straw mats also start crying.
From BBC
The family would spend the day eating homemade cheese straws, listening to Frank Sinatra, watching Christmas movies and playing board games.
From BBC
To one traveler, a beach is a place to be horizontal, big hat on head, cocktail straw in mouth.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
