Examples of last straw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For her part, Ms. Weyant said Mr. Blum’s alleged consignment proved to be the last straw. — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 18 June 2022 Construction of the Hollywood Freeway, which required leveling a hillside and thus removing a crucial reflector of sound, was the last straw. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 To a nation which had lost 105 lives to gun massacres in the preceding decade, this was the last straw. — Philip Alpers, CNN, 1 June 2022 The sound of a gunshot ringing out at 2:00 a.m. was the last straw for Laurie and Tim. — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2022 The last swing of the eighth inning — a half-hearted check swing on a low changeup — was the last straw for some inside Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday. — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2022 That was the last straw for some longtime, diehard A’s fans. — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2022 But Watson’s personal behavior is the last straw for some fans, writes Doug Lesmerises. — Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland, 21 Mar. 2022 Seeing the incriminating picture, Rhodes decides, was the last straw for Plath, who reacted by killing herself. — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 See More

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