On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Straw. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as chromatic or tube and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Straw in a sentence
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Straw meaning
- A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
- A drinking straw.
Synonyms of Straw
Using Straw
- The main meaning on this page is: A dried stalk of a cereal plant. | Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions. | A drinking straw.
- Useful related words include: chromatic, tube, drinking straw, yellowness.
- In the example corpus, straw often appears in combinations such as: the straw, straw hat, straw hats.
Context around Straw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 15 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Straw
- In this selection, "straw" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, drinking, wheat, paddy, hat, man and market stand out and add context to how "straw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and disperse straw as they, are buying straw for feed and straw hat. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "straw" sits close to words such as academics, activism and beverages, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with straw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tervis, Nalgene, Hydroflask, Swell, BPA-free plastic, glass, straw, no straw, squeeze bottle. (13 words)
Yet while Malice doesn’t straw-man Taylor himself, he does straw-man Taylor’s arguments. (16 words)
Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw. (17 words)
The wheatsheaf was used on the crest to represent agriculture and the supply of straw used in the local hatting industry (the straw-plaiting industry was brought to Luton by a group of Scots under the protection of Sir John Napier of Luton Hoo ). (44 words)
When first erected, though the grain was equally well separated from the straw, yet as the whole of the straw, chaff, and grain, was indiscriminately thrown into a confused heap, the work could only with propriety be considered as half executed. (41 words)
Combines generally chop and disperse straw as they move through the field, though the chopping is disabled when the straw is to be baled, and chaff collectors are sometimes used to prevent the dispersal of weed seed throughout a field. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said due to scarcity and high cost of wheat straw, last year paddy straw was for months at the university’s dairy farm without any adverse effects on the productivity and health of animals.
If you already own the old Hydro Flask straw lid, I will say with the authority of someone who's diligently used both that the Flex Straw cap leaks less.
Straw poll, also known as straw ballot, is usually an ad hoc poll carried out to determine the slant of opinion on an issue or popularity of an individual or group of persons within a community.
The ultimate Straw Hat fanboy, Bartolomeo has idealized Luffy ever since he saw the Straw Hat escape an execution with a smile on his face.
Just as high levels of vomitoxin hurt the wheat grain values, if you are buying straw for feed that is high in vomitoxin, this may need to be considered in the straw price.
Upon making contact with the occupants, Deputy McDowell observed copper filing and a clear plastic straw on the lap of the passenger as well as a green cut straw in the passenger side door.
Tervis, Nalgene, Hydroflask, Swell, BPA-free plastic, glass, straw, no straw, squeeze bottle.
Yet while Malice doesn’t straw-man Taylor himself, he does straw-man Taylor’s arguments.
Children above the age of four can try chewing gum, drinking through a straw or blowing bubbles through a straw.
Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
She watched as Walker snorted cocaine from a straw and then placed the straw next to Hollins, the girl told officers, court documents say.
Straw Market Manager Basil Huyler drops down dead with a massive heart attack after being verbally attacked by FNM vultures in the Straw Market.
Combines generally chop and disperse straw as they move through the field, though the chopping is disabled when the straw is to be baled, and chaff collectors are sometimes used to prevent the dispersal of weed seed throughout a field.
It is usually gathered and stored in a straw bale, which is a bundle of straw tightly bound with twine or wire.
The amount of weeds in the straw affects its marketability, and this, coupled with market prices, determines whether the farmer chooses to harvest the flax straw.
The wheatsheaf was used on the crest to represent agriculture and the supply of straw used in the local hatting industry (the straw-plaiting industry was brought to Luton by a group of Scots under the protection of Sir John Napier of Luton Hoo ).
This can be performed by three machines: one for threshing out the seed, one for breaking and separating the straw (stem) from the fiber, and one for further separating the broken straw and matter from the fiber.
To investigate this, Daniel experimented by puncturing the wall of a pipe with a small open ended straw and noted that the height to which the fluid rose up the straw was related to fluid's pressure in the pipe.
When first erected, though the grain was equally well separated from the straw, yet as the whole of the straw, chaff, and grain, was indiscriminately thrown into a confused heap, the work could only with propriety be considered as half executed.
Whilst the majority of the grain falls through the concave, the straw is carried by a set of "walkers" to the rear of the machine, allowing any grain and chaff still in the straw to fall below.
Phrases with straw
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Common combinations with straw
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