How to Use straw in a Sentence

straw

noun

• She drank the juice through a straw.
• He asked for a straw for his iced tea.
• He was chewing on a straw.
• Tape the back of the place cards to the tips of colored straws.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
• The man, bent over a straw and piece of foil, protests.
  — Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Sep. 2023
• The straw that once stirred the drink is back to stir it one more time.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Punch a single hole in the center of the flower and slip the straw through the hole.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 30 Mar. 2023
• But keep in mind: any cup with a straw is tougher to clean.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2023
• Pair with espadrilles and a straw bag, and get on your way.
  — Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2023
• Just stick the straw in a water source and use it like a normal straw.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• Or how about a stylish straw hat to keep the sun out of her face, priced at 23 percent off?
  — Grace Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2023
• In fact, straw does not have seeds that will produce weeds.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• Use a drinking straw to punch out two holes in the top of each cookie.
  — Lyda Jones Burnette, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• A number of these items went to a woman in the front row wearing a straw hat.
  — Vulture, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Jane Birkin-ness of a straw bag with flowers, though, is something that can unite all of us.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 July 2023
• Add a straw and snow cone-like dome of crushed ice on top and garnish with mint sprig.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 6 Mar. 2023
• Use a bottle brush to scrub the inside and the straw. Rinse and sanitize.
  — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 27 June 2023
• Also found was cocaine and a straw that had residue on it.
  — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• And the straw was difficult to remove and to reattach as well.
  — Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
• But this last interaction felt like the straw that broke the camel’s back.
  — Byjenny Abamu, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024
• At one point, a bloody straw doll was delivered to Uno’s doorstep as a death threat.
  — Min Jeong Lee, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• The houses here were old, built in the traditional way – of mud and straw.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
• At the sound of her name, Pigcasso, a 1,500-pound sow asleep in a pile of straw, slowly comes to life.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
• The robotic arms hold a camera and small instruments that can be brought in and out of the patient through the straws.
  — Neha Mukherjee, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
• The argument appears to be the final straw for Brandan, who leaves the house to sleep on a stone bench.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• Super-cute red and white striped straws are also from the dollar store.
  — Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2024
• He was indicted for the straw donor scheme, but those charges were dropped as part of his plea agreement.
  — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2023
• To reveal the silicon straw, @newyorknico enlisted the same fan to try it out.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• The most recent clash — and the one that might have been the last straw for Merida — involved the paper’s coverage of the war in the Middle East.
  — Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• Mulch vegetable beds and containers with straw to help hold in the moisture.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024