Example sentences for: straw

How can you use “straw” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Click here to see the results and here to find out what a straw poll is.)

  • Therefore, they explain, the Pinochet matter will be disposed of in a British court when Spain presses its extradition request, unless the Home Secretary, Jack Straw, decides otherwise.

  • A roomful of self-portraits, with changing identities worthy of Cindy Sherman (van Gogh as citified dandy in pink fedora; van Gogh as country yokel in straw hat), implies a sort of plural van Gogh, a chameleon personality hard to pin down.

  • If you want to be sure of getting genuine Bahamian straw work, buy from places such as The Plait Lady, who has a shop on Bay Street in Nassau; you’ll have to pay a little more but you’ll be sure you’re getting an authentic handmade work of art.

  • The straw market fronts onto Bay Street, one of the leading duty-free shopping capitals of the world.


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