How To Use last straw In A Sentence
- She's always been rude to me, but it was the last straw when she started insulting my mother.
- The sight of crooks demanding fortunes for prized tickets was the last straw. The Sun
- ‘Whom do they think they are codding - hitting young people buying a first home is the last straw especially when prices are escalating at an enormous rate,’ he added.
- For a writer, being panned by a critic can be the last straw, as you nervously bring your inky pride and joy into public view after umpteen years of sweat and sacrifice.
- It's the last straw.
- The derisory pay offer was the last straw for workers.
- It was the last straw after 24 hours holding so much in his head. Times, Sunday Times
- It was the last straw after 24 hours holding so much in his head. Times, Sunday Times
- Four were taken out of the motor ambulances dead this week; the jolting is the last straw for the worst ones; it can't possibly be helped, "but it seems a pity. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915
- He'd broken his promise again, and it was the last straw.