Sentence examples for play straight from inspiring English sources

"They used to play straight jazz, but then it changed when the all-nighters started".

This is like you going from your high school play straight to Broadway".

Would Mr Blair play straight by him?

Hence the necessity to play straight to straight deliveries.

Has the temperament and desire to play straight away.

I never miss the opportunity to play straight man to a witch.

We said we had to fear him and play straight but that's not what we did".

"If they play straight up single coverage, then we've got to go to work.

It was a play straight from the handbook of crisis PR management.

"I like to play straight-up, old-style basketball.

But Italians can play straight-ahead jazz as well as anybody.