straw

Example Sentences

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Five years later, his inability to improve his French was a final straw for many.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He bent down, picked up a straw wrapper and disposed of it in the nearest trash can, then kept walking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

But in Tawila, an AFP journalist gathered rare testimonies from five former detainees, speaking to them inside fragile shelters of straw and tattered fabric.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

“There’s the straw man of, ‘Well, it failed at this one thing, therefore it’s all stupid.’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

But at last we spread our blankets over the squirming straw and sat on them.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom