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
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
Mother’s zinnias stood sad and brown and rustled like straw in the wind.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
