The damp straw of the mattress, fired from beneath and denied air, had been smouldering all the while.

I foresaw my coming degradation as I lay there on the damp straw.

During this speech a fire is lit with damp straw behind him.

There was the smell of damp straw and manure.

It felt like damp straw, prickly and uncomfortable on the back of her neck.

He huddled on his damp straw in a corner of the cell.

His eyes took in the sick men lying in damp, stinking straw.

There was a sweetish smell to the damp straw.

When we used to pour concrete on the farm, we would cover it up with damp straw.

There was my clothing, my sleeping mat, and all the damp straw I wanted.