Examples of “straw” in a Sentence

noun Dried stalks left over from cereal crops like wheat, used for bedding, fodder, or thatch.

• The farmer baled the straw after the wheat harvest was finished.
• They spread fresh straw across the stable floor.
• The old barn was stacked to the roof with straw.

noun A thin tube used for sucking up a drink.

• Can I have a straw for my lemonade, please?
• The child blew bubbles into her juice through a bendy straw.
• She popped a straw into her milkshake.

noun Something considered practically worthless, as in the phrase "not worth a straw."

• After the argument, his apology felt as if it was not worth a straw.
• Honestly, their advice was not worth a straw, so I ignored it.
• His promises weren't worth a straw.