It backfires with some frequency, as the listener (out of sheer perversity) will insist on the straw dog.

Disgraced attorney Rudy Giuliani’s face became drenched in sweat and hair dye as he invented evidence of widespread voter fraud during President Trump’s clown coup.

The doll, like a straw dog, was made for the sole purpose of being destroyed.

America often uses an 'out group' as a straw dog, such as Communists, terrorists, labor unions, gays, in order to deflect attention from the bad things we're doing, such as exploiting the environment or third world labor.

Chet, the captain of the football team in High school, is now an overweight drunk who sells shoes. He is a straw dog.

"dude, you ready to straw dog that girl?" "yeah, let's straw dog 'er"

With the packet in my pocket, the good stuff, I could only think of her, sitting at home anxiously awaiting my arival like a real straw dog.