Straw example sentences

Related (10): hay, bale, wheat, cereal, field, barley, stalk, farmer, livestock, drink.

straw

noun

straw (noun) · straws (plural noun)

  - dried stalks of grain, used especially as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, or weaving:

  - a single dried stalk of grain:

  - a pale yellow color like that of straw:

  - a thin hollow tube of paper or plastic for sucking a drink from a glass or bottle.

Synonyms

fodder, feed, food, foodstuff, herbage, pasturage, silage, hay, comestibles, provender, stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, reed, branch, bough, twig, pedicel, peduncle, petiole, phyllode, scape, seta, stipe, caudex, axis

"Straw" Example Sentences

1. She sipped her drink through a straw.
2. The farmer spread the straw over the field.
3. The camel's humps were made of straw.
4. The scarecrow was stuffed with straw.
5. The child weaved a straw hat.
6. He grasped at straws to come up with a solution.
7. The milkshake was topped with whipped cream and a red straw.
8. The alcoholic beverage contained a single straw in the glass.
9. The wind blew the loose straw into a pile.
10. The construction worker used a straw broom to sweep the site.
11. The chef used a small straw to pipette sauce onto the dish.
12. The suitcase contained a small straw beach bag.
13. The bee crawled into the straw hive.
14. The model wore a large straw hat to shield her face from the sun.
15. The necklace was made of tiny straw beads.
16. The children made a fort out of straw bales.
17. The artist used straw to create a collage.
18. The unfortunate man was grasping at straws in his defense.
19. The farmer prepared to plant the seeds in the straw-covered soil.
20. The horse nuzzled the pile of straw in its stall.
21. The artist used a single straw to blow paint onto the canvas.
22. The decorative vase held a tall bouquet of straw flowers.
23. The traveler carried a straw mat for sleeping.
24. The festival featured dancers in brightly colored straw skirts.
25. The investigator found a straw of hair at the crime scene.
26. The girl braided her hair with a piece of straw she found in the field.
27. The children blew bubbles through their straws into their drinks.
28. The hiker used a straw filter to drink fresh water from the stream.
29. The bird flew away with a piece of straw in its beak for its nest.
30. The merchant sold a variety of woven straw baskets.

Common Phases

1. Sip through a straw;
2. Don't clutch at straws;
3. Grasp at straws;
4. Have a straw in one's mouth;
5. Draw straws;
6. Break the straw;
7. Straw that broke the camel's back;
8. The last straw;
9. Straw man argument;
10. The straw that stirs the drink.

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