Sentence examples for a straw man from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Straw man.

A straw man is a weak argument that is easily defeated.

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This is a straw man.

But that argument is a straw man.

It's all about attacking a straw man.

"They have created a straw man.

And assumption two strikes me as a straw man.

Finally, some readers worried that I characterized a straw man.

They set up the scientist as a straw man.

• To the Editor: Your article sets up a straw man.

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A straw-man problem requires a straw-man solution.

But that's a straw-man argument.

Professor Krugman keeps fighting a straw-man argument.

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