straw in the wind
Example Sentences
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But it is yet another straw in the wind that the stock market is skating on thin ice.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"If you are 20 points behind in the polls you are going to grasp at any straw in the wind - and this is a straw in the wind," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
So I think that's a straw in the wind, that there's a dissatisfaction.
From Salon ● May 27, 2019
He is as straw in the wind, and he will blow away.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2017
A third straw in the wind was that Gareth fought on Lancelot’s side at Westminster.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
