straw in the wind

Example Sentences

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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

But whatever happens commercially, Tumblr is yet another straw in the wind of the social media revolution.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2012

Mother’s zinnias stood sad and brown and rustled like straw in the wind.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen