How to Use last straw in a Sentence

last straw

noun

• And the last straw, smack-dab in the middle of the Cold War?
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2022
• The 3-0 humbling at the hands of PSG may have been the last straw.
  — SI.com, 7 Oct. 2017
• These days, that kind of thing would be the last straw for me.
  — Valentina Valentini, Longreads, 6 Apr. 2018
• But the fights on Aug. 8 were the last straw for many locals.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• But the thoughtless killing of one of their own seems to have been the last straw.
  — Suhasini Raj and Kai Schultz, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
• But the Taliban takeover last month seems to have been the last straw.
  — Muhammad Farooq and Joseph Krauss, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2021
• And so that was pretty much the last straw for all of us.
  — NBC News, 3 Sep. 2021
• Most likely, of course, the last straw was all of them and none of them.
  — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
• The video wasn’t the reason for his exit, but was the last straw.
  — cleveland, 9 Nov. 2021
• That was the last straw for some longtime, diehard A’s fans.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2022
• That was the last straw for the group, Allen said, prompting them to compose the ad.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2021
• But the Taliban takeover in August seems to have been the last straw.
  — Josef Federman, ajc, 17 Oct. 2021
• The newest suspension might have been the last straw for the bar.
  — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2020
• But the last straw for her didn't even involve the village board.
  — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2018
• Is Shane the last straw, or has the ketamine addled his brain?
  — Lisa Liebman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
• At least one restaurant closed for good (the outbreak was the last straw).
  — Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• Some members said the lawsuit Sproat filed on Jan. 30 was the last straw.
  — Pioneer Press, chicagotribune.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Njoku tells her she can't give her the full amount, and hearing that is the last straw for the caller.
  — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 28 Aug. 2017
• His best friend being killed in a bombing was the last straw.
  — NBC News, 27 May 2018
• This will all be the last straw for many of his listeners.
  — Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 3 May 2018
• After years of mounting complaints, the death of a young girl was the last straw.
  — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2022
• The sound of a gunshot ringing out at 2:00 a.m. was the last straw for Laurie and Tim.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022
• The last straw was Thursday night’s 34-9 loss to Nevada.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
• The last straw for Charlie was after a job he was paid in mink skin.
  — Southern Living, 21 July 2017
• The damage may simply have been the last straw after 84 years of wear and tear.
  — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
• Trump doesn’t need my money, but that transcript was the last straw for me.
  — Elena Durnbaugh, Detroit Free Press, 18 Dec. 2019
• Black fired a popular top cop last week, and that was the last straw for the mayor.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• The couple said the incident was the last straw for them in Greater Cincinnati.
  — James Pilcher, Cincinnati.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• The last straw was the dismal fourth quarter earnings and investor call.
  — Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
• For some traders, the recent collapse of the crypto exchange FTX—which is dragging down other firms—was the last straw.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024