Sentence examples for less crooked from inspiring English sources

When Clint offers him a legitimate job, he is tempted to let go of the con in both places and go straight, or at least less crooked, even as his facades are beginning to crumble in Midland and Houston.

Like some other storytellers intent on setting the record straight or at least a bit less crooked, Mr. Cave and Mr. Hillcoat occasionally and temporarily lose their way by letting the technological excesses of the present swamp the grim excesses of the past.

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Or at least less crooked answers.

Mr Sharif and the new army chiefs appear to be rubbing along, helped by the fact that his government is a bit less incompetent and crooked than the previous crew.

Other portraits stress tougher types, businesswomen and social climbers, more extravagantly decked out but still hopeless, and beneath their crooked facades no less vulnerable.

You can't really blame them — it's a difficult time right now to be a writer — but it doesn't make Edmund Wilson's detailed list of things he won't do (via Crooked Timber) any less delectable.

How crooked is too crooked?

It has also been postulated that straight-legged dachshunds would be less susceptible to IDD than crooked-legged ones [ 5].

While Prague's public transportation works extremely well and crooked cabdrivers are much less common than they used to be, the best way to get a feel for the city is in a pair of comfortable shoes.

His thin but steady income derives from stealing skiing equipment from the rich and selling it directly to the less well-off or through a crooked but likable Scottish cook (Martin Compston).