Sentence examples for a straw of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a straw of" is not commonly used in written English and may not be correct depending on the context.
It could be used in contexts discussing a single piece of straw, but it is more typical to refer to "a straw" without the preposition "of."
Example: "He picked up a straw from the ground."
Alternatives: "a piece of straw" or "a single straw."

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At last a straw of consolation for England.

The second gives her both profound consolation and a straw of hope to cling to.

The willingness of the F.T.C. chairman, Robert Pitofsky, to withstand the wrath of the online marketers is a straw of hope in the winds of privacy violation.

The beverage director, Yana Volfson, said that because she carefully chooses the glassware, a straw of any kind "would take away from that more visceral experience of a cocktail". Drinks like a margarita, which has a salt-lined rim, she said, are meant for strawless sipping.

Yet at the end comes a straw of hope: "If a man wandered through paradise in his dreams, and kept a flower to remind him where he'd been, and on waking found that flower in his hands -- so what can I say?

But what better way to remember him than as he appears on The Poacher: the mystic mod in his prime, chewing on a straw of hay as he heads for the river, singing, "I've no use for riches, and I've no use for power".

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Serve with a straw for ease of drinking.

Vogel's notion of subversive art depended on his setting up of a straw man of conventions that films subverted, the norms that they defied.

A straw for Tony mountainstyle mofntains of blow?

Use a straw for easy drinking of the smoothie.

Cut a straw to a length of about 3 cm (just over an inch).

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