Synonyms for straws
straws

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1. List of paraphrases for "straws":

   twigs

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1. Jason Dempsey:

   The idea that we're making the same kind of progress (as in Colombia) is grasping at straws for justification.

2. Amanda Bynes:

   It definitely isn't fun when people diagnose you with what they think you are, that was always really bothersome to me. If you deny anything and tell them what it actually is, they don't believe you. Truly, for me, [ my behavior ] was drug-induced, and whenever I got off of [ drugs ], I was always back to normal. I know that my behavior was so strange that people were just trying to grasp at straws for what was wrong.

3. Scott Kirby:

   And when something happens, the straws are much more likely to break the camel’s back. And you’ve seen it over and over again, it just doesn’t take much to break the back of the system.

4. Judy Norton:

   The running joke was that Lorimar was so cheap that their idea of a party was one can of beer and 13 straws!

5. Milo Cress:

   There are disabled people who write me to tell me they carry reusable straws with them -- many reusable straws even come with a carrying case, there are reusable glass, stainless steel, copper, bamboo, and several other kinds of reusable straws.