a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth
Examples of 'drinking straw' in a sentence
drinking straw
She fetched a drinking straw from the kitchen, shoved it in the bowl, and blew.
Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003)
Dentists are great champions of the drinking straw.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Oh, and she needs a supply of bendable drinking straws (see page 31).
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I’d prefer to make sculpture out of balsa wood and drinking straws.
Globe and Mail (2010)
They have launched a resistance movement against plastic drinking straws.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
I find it pretty tricky to get excited about lobsters choking on plastic drinking straws or whatever when kiddies are dying in wars and famine.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The furniture is second-hand or made from driftwood and reclaimed wood, all kitchen waste is composted and the takeaway boxes and drinking straws are biodegradable.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Dancers with minotaur heads and jackets made of drinking straws are met by thousands of fans for the party of the year.