Straws Sentence Examples

I used my little stock of beads, cards and straws at first because I didn't know what else to do; but the need for them is past, for the present at any rate.

The nest, under a tussock of grass or a stone, is constructed of short dry straws, and usually lined with hair.

Split straws are prepared with the aid of a small instrument having a projecting point which enters the straw pipe, and from which radiate the number of knife-edged cutters into which the straw is to be split.

One cannot but feel regret at seeing the Reformed Churches blown about by every wind of doctrine, and catching at straws now from Kant, now from Hegel, and now from Lotze, or at home from Green, Caird, Martineau, Balfour and Ward in succession, without ever having considered the basis of their faith; while the Roman Catholics are making every effort to ground a Universal Church on a sane system of metaphysics.

A very superior kind, obtained by allowing the juice to encrust pieces of wood or straws inserted in the cuts, is called manna a cannolo.

Use hair pins to hold the straws in place.

It can even be spread on ready-made pastry, rolled and cut into pinwheels or straws and baked for a quick and easy nibble!

The straws were then plaited into long ribbons, which could be in a variety of patterns.

This year so far we have made slime, trick water bottles and straws, exploded eggs and dissected chicken thighs.

Bendy straws are invaluable for sipping drinks held by your birth companions, as you might not want to move your head to drink.

The " drinking straws " would be passed through a hole or tear in the foil top.

The use of non-foodstuffs, or cellulosic materials, such as grasses, reeds, straws, peat, waste wood, sawdust, etc., is not yet possible, for, although research work is in progress to discover a process that could be worked on a commercial basis in those regions where such materials exist in sufficient abundance, it has not so far led to any definite results.

Crack! crash! bang! went his iron-shod hoofs against the wooden bodies of the Gargoyles, and they were battered right and left with such force that they scattered like straws in the wind.

You can give older children toothbrushes to splatter paint or drinking straws to blow paint about on a page.

The theory that Jesus merely swooned on the cross and later revived in the tomb is one that clutches at straws.

Sure, you can use a plain straw, but if you really want to be authentic, purchase a set of mint julep straws.

These metal straws are narrow and conveniently feature a spoon at the end so you can stir your drink.

I'm not sure if cheese straws are actually traditional, but they seem to have been served at every Thanksgiving dinner that I can remember.

Place the straws on a cookie sheet that has parchment paper on it and press the ends of the straws firmly onto the parchment so they don't unwind as they bake.

Place the cheese straws into your refrigerator for one hour so the dough has a chance to firm and the flavors get a chance to develop.

Bake the straws for 25 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through the baking process.

Choose from a vast selection, ranging from jazzy blacks to earthy straws to everything in between.

Parents can also encourage the musculature of the mouth by showing children how to drink from straws and how to blow bubbles.

In a straw set, you use drinking straws or small perm rollers to wrap your hair in ringlets.

Once you have shampooed and conditioned your hair, wrap small sections around the straws and secure it with hair pins.

A straw set is a method of curling the hair using gel and straws.

To use the straw set method, simply wrap the gel-saturated hair around straws that are cut to the length of your hair.

Get under the dryer, and when the hair is completely dry, remove the straws.

Guided tours also allow people to taste the wines without drawing straws with their companions; making the loser the abstinent designated the driver.

The concept was the brainchild of Joel Glickman who came up with the idea while playing with straws.

Sharing cups, eating utensils, straws, snacks, and any other items that have been near the mouth or other mucous membranes can be a speedy route to the illness highway.

You can also get them fun dishes, "crazy straws", or even baking kits to create their own snacks.

Glue three drinking straws to the inside, sticking out the top.

Cut the straws in half and insert them into the holes, two thirds of the way into the bottle.

Put epoxy glue around where the straws go into the bottle.

Whatever drinks you choose, serve them in colorful plastic cups with fun, whimsical straws.

Add individual popcorn buckets and plastic cups with lids and straws for each guest to your party supply list; these can be found at dollar stores.

The wheat-seed for these straws is sown very thickly on comparatively elevated and arid land, and it sends up long attenuated stalks.

Subsequently straws are selected from the sheaves, and of these the pipes of the two upper joints are taken for plaiting.

Spotted and discoloured straws are dyed either in pipe or in plait.

In it are some fine white stalactite curtains and straws up to three feet long.

Clarithromycin granules for oral suspension straws contain a single dose of clarithromycin, all of which is to be taken at the same time.

Adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers through their tongues, which act like straws.

Miss Sullivan tried to teach me to count by stringing beads in groups, and by arranging kintergarten straws I learned to add and subtract.