Sentences with phrase «like straws»

But why do cats like straws so much?

Like straws in a glass, plants can't pipe up water on their own.

I think if we are ultimately trying to tip the balance so lots of people make small changes which have a big impact then the jar could be just too off - putting and extreme, and puts barriers in place for people who might otherwise quite easily change a few key behaviours like straws, plastic bags, etc..

Covey said researchers have known for a long time that trees can act like straws bringing methane up in soil water from wetlands.

Like straws the wind obeys your feelings.

We will use curriculum from a brand new PBS Kids program, Pinkalicious & Peterrific, to inspire our abstract painting, using experimental tools like straws and feathers.

The roots act like straws by drawing water and minerals up from the soil to the rest of the tree.

The slide is roughly the size and thickness of a penny, yet in that space a million capillary tubes are arrayed like straws, open on the top and bottom.

While it's true that some cities now require composting, more restaurants are banning unnecessary plastics like straws, and more people are trying to reduce waste in their own homes by using food that would usually be discarded (like broccoli stems), Americans still have a huge problem with waste.

While it's true that some cities now require composting, more restaurants are banning unnecessary plastics like straws, and more people are trying to reduce waste...

Perhaps few or none of the people at Belbury knew what was happening; but once it happened, they would be like straw in fire.

Crush shredded wheat cereal with your hand and sprinkle onto wet chocolate to look like straw.

This seems like a straw man considering I never said they are the only ones, or even the ones that do it the most.

He was giggling a bit as he came close, then he pursed his lips and tried to drink it like a straw!

Placing the tubing so that it extends beyond the nipple, as the manufacturer recommends, may allow the baby to use it like a straw and avoid sucking correctly on the breast itself.

Baby loved to ignore my nipple and just suck on the SNS like a straw, the cheeky little sod.

The tube acts like a straw.

Look for things like straw tote bags and cork heel wedges.

In fact you have to wonder why any aspiring Chinese lobbyist would bother risking scandal by paying for access to washed - up former ministers like Straw and Rifkind, when the real deal can be bought quite openly, with a free glass of champagne thrown in to seal the deal.

Labour figures like Straw, Muir and Douglas Alexander — and Gisela Stuart, who held the Tory's target seat Birmingham Edgbaston for Labour — all believe that without them Cameron would have had an absolute majority.

When the sunbird visits the milkweed, it probes the flower with its bill and uses its tongue, rolled up lengthwise along the sides like a straw, to sip nectar.

The clear Rocky Mountain light pouring through the window in Snowmass Village, Colo., illuminates the goblet like a straw - colored bulb.

«The sequester is like the straw that broke the camel's back,» Matlin says.

The pipe filter, which looks and acts like a straw, is portable and easy to use.

It has a 12 - inch long nectary — there is a tube where the nectar accumulates — and he predicts that there is a moth, thinks it has to be [a] moth with a very long proboscis basically like a straw that would be, maybe 11 inches long.

When reversal happens capillaries in the tooth suck in bacteria and other microbes in the mouth into the tooth like a straw.

In ancient times, yoga was performed either on bare floor, grass or on yoga mats made of natural material like straw, kusha grass, palm leaves or even animal skin.

I love the name Mommypotamus, you're so cute:)-RRB- I tried making this leave in conditioner with canned coconut milk with water and no oils and my hair was like straw it was so dry.

You hair shouldn't feel like straw, though: / What are you washing your hair with?

my hair is pretty damaged and felt like straw in the shower after shampooing.

I especially like the straw one!

I especially like straw hats with pom poms or a simple bow detail.

Sometimes, your basic leather bag might not complete an outfit like a straw bag would, especially in the summer time.

When summer comes around I'm always drawn to bags made out of natural fibers like straw, wicker, bamboo, rattan, etc..

My problems with dry shampoos in general are: either too powdery, suffocating scent, major white cast, made my hair too crunchy, sticky, feels like straw or does nothing at all.

«Natural fabrics like straw, raffia, and rope are huge for summer.

Nothing says «vacation» like a straw tote and gladiator sandals.

It's naturally frizzy and wavy, plus with all the bleach, rainbow - colored hair dye, and hot tools I subject it to the texture feels more like straw than hair.

After a while you will find that your hydrating shampoo and / or conditioner doesn't work like it used to, and your finding your hair is either limp or feels like straw, its because of this reason.

I love this mix of urban graphic minimalist pieces with a touch of romance, like the straw hat and floral skirt.

Accessorizing with minimal but impactful pieces like a straw hat, pair of sunglasses and dainty jewelry in the desert is all you need to dress up your look.

I've complained about my curly, frizzy, damaged hair here before, but all you need to know is that I spent most of college destroying my hair with straightening treatments that left my hair feeling like straw.

However, we do like the straw version paired with a little more structure (e.g., tailored pants or shorts and crisp oxford blouses) as a sharp complement to its more informal material and a sloping, almost undulating composition.

I like the straw bag!

«It's a light touch,» Mrs Fendi said, noting the floaty transparency that ran through the collection, accentuated with tropical detailing such as palm trees on hems in broderie anglaise, natural materials like straw and rattan on bag handles and trimmings, and Hawaiian shirts.

Some type of straw — whether you reach for your favorite straw bag or straw hat, nothing says vacation like straw!

Sorkin seems fascinated with why Molly excelled at this unusual occupation, and his obvious appreciation for her and her accomplishments make the film play too much like a straw - man argument whenever anyone else is talking.

I am puzzled by the ostensible justification due to «absenteeism» — sounds like a straw target (like capacity — concepts Adamowski is always bandying about in his endeavor to privatize schools).

A vacuum is generated in the cylinder which then pulls the fluid out like a straw sucking up a particularly disgusting milkshake.

He said my hair was like straw, my nose was so turned up he was surprised I didn't drown when it rained.»