Sentence examples for a term straight from inspiring English sources

Moreover, Clegg has delighted rightwingers by selling the policy as a crusade for "tax freedom" – a term straight out of the US Republicans' phrasebook.

But what a strange term "straight-acting" is.

Well, Sedgwick herself married a man, Hal Sedgwick, though she would not have used the term "straight", seeing sexual identity as a continuum rather than a category.

Before we go any further, let's get a few terms straight.

Ethan Hawke is, for a lack of a better term, a straight shooter.

Note that "hissy" is not a term employed against straight men.

Keeping terms straight can untangle a lot of mystical mumbo-jumbo and make the techniques and the simple tricks a little more fun for the beginner.

Anita Perez Ferguson, president of the National Women's Political Caucus, noted that female New York political figures in the past had been reluctant to enter the state's notoriously fierce primary races, and said: "This woman has probably been more of an opinion maker than most people sitting for six terms straight in the House of Representatives or Senate.

That also meant buying more of what could be termed "straight", rather than conceptual, photography and photojournalism.

To get our terms straight, virtual reality means you step into the gaming world and all you see is that computer-generated digital reality.

Laura Marcus, a former Relate councillor based in Leek Staffordshire, who now works for the charity One Plus One, makes this distinction between the marriages of long-term straight couples and long-term gay couples: "Straight people often get married when they should be getting divorced.