Examples of 'straw' in a sentence
Meaning of "straw"
Straw (noun): Straw typically refers to the dried stems of cereal plants. In a non-literal sense, it can also refer to a thin tube used for sipping liquids or as a material for crafting. The phrase "the last straw" is commonly used to indicate the final small burden that causes a situation to become unbearable
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- A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- A drinking straw.
- A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
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Thy belt of straw and ivy buds.
Straw or other nesting material should be provided.
Go look under the straw in the stable.
Oat straw tea and ginger pie.
She can spin straw into gold.
Oat straw quantity and quality are good.
She can turn straw into gold.
Pale straw yellow with greenish hints.
He wants to have a straw poll of the house.
The straw may be replaced by modern racks.
Manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials.
The straw hat that did not fit us.
Making one big straw out of three.
Straw and fibres of flax and hemp.
Materials such as straw and bamboo were to hand.
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Straw and sawdust are common bedding materials.
Afterwards a straw was stuck into his mouth.
I was trying to pick up a bean with the straw.
The value of straw was included in cereals concerned.
To clean orifices use a broom straw or toothpick.
Too little straw may increase emissions.
Or we can stuff their clothes with straw.
I saw a straw coming from your head.
And the lion shall eat straw.
Construction of straw pens for all animals.
I will go for a ginger ale and a straw.
He is the straw that stirs the drink.
Someone always draws the short straw.
You stuck a straw down your willy.
All we had to do was bayonet sacks full of straw.
Take your straw hat and my life.
So cute under her big straw hat.
I am the new straw boss around here.
That bolt of lightning was the last straw.
It was the only straw she had to hold on to.
You mean a dummy filled with straw.
I drew the short straw last weekend.
The hovertank test was the last straw.
Drawing the short straw is not a punishment.
I just popped out to get my special straw.
I got this straw hat needs jazzing up.
You can have the straw too.
Mature straw may be fed to livestock.
Add an increased amount of straw to the manure.
I stabbed it a little aggressively with the straw.
So they put their straw in our milkshake.
As he is not very clean of dust and straw.
Well they grow it in straw so it never photosynthesizes.
The nipple piercing was the last straw.
Or let them glean straw for themselves.
