straws
- plural of straw.
Example Sentences
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And, if you’re feeling playful, a whimsical bread: miniature muffins, pesto pull-apart bread, chickpea flour flatbreads, cheese straws, popovers — something that makes people point across the table and say, “Wait, what are those?”
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Some kitemakers have success with straws, but straws typically work better with diamond-shaped kites.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
All the grasping at straws by the intel firms led nowhere, according to persons familiar with the operation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
But ANL's lead lawyer has countered that evidence will prove it sourced its stories legitimately and that claims around the use of private investigators were "clutching at straws in the wind".
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
First order of business, drawing straws to see who has to get in the Chuckie costume.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
