Sentence examples for the straw of from inspiring English sources

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They have been thrashed by the other Test nations in their group; the straw of a victory over Scotland was clutched and then they were outplayed by Bangladesh.

WILLIAM CAHILL hid two Irish coins in the straw of the thatched roof of the fairy tale English-style conthee on the grounds of Old Westbury Gardens.

"People are grasping at the straw of disclosure because it allows them to have their cake and eat it, too," Loewenstein says.

Reading's manager Brian McDermott clutched at the straw of a penalty appeal by Jay Tabb that was turned down by Howard Webb early in the second half.

She glanced up at me, two green swimming eyes above a pair of lips pursed at the straw of her drink.

"Where is Rumpelstiltskin when we need him?" Ashbery asks, and then himself spins the straw of experience into the gold of a page.

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Press down on the straw on either side of the concertina part of the straw.

Make sure you have taken the straw out of the machine before you begin operation.

Prepare the other end of the straw for the insertion of the water flower.

The question asked for the length of the straw to the nearest 10th of an inch.

Pull the straws out of the jar.

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