straw
Example Sentences
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Before his seemingly inevitable sacking the Dane was booed by home supporters once again - Tuesday's 2-1 defeat by Newcastle proving to be the final straw.
From BBC
If the idea of preparing a protein feels like the final straw, skip it.
From Salon
I reach for a flyaway straw wrapper, then fall to my hands and knees, palms stinging against the hot asphalt.
From Literature
The dead are placed in sealed vessels bedded with clover, hay and straw and equipped to regulate airflow, temperature and moisture.
They ate their cookies and sucked on the bent straws.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
