straw in the wind

Example Sentences

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"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

Connecticut’s Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, elected in 2010 with 55% of the vote, is a more suggestive straw in the wind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 9, 2015

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