craw

Example Sentences

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This is the craw that sticks in the throats of mindful Europeans who talk about “strategic autonomy.”

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

“And Boeing just happened to really get in my craw, to be honest.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

And one of the things that has always stuck in my craw is the Weyland-Yutani Corporation from “Alien.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Such rhetoric would probably stick in the craw of the Afghan leaders of the defeated Western-backed government.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

“That four-eyed maverick has sand in his craw a-plenty,” a ranch hand said approvingly.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple