Sentence examples for straight compare from inspiring English sources

The classic example, often put as a challenge to Epicureans, was an oar that looks bent when in water but which we know to be straight (compare a straw in a drink); another was the fact that from a distance, a tower that is square looks round.

A National Citizen Service (NCS) poll of 1,000 teenagers published in October this year found that only 63% of teens aged 16 and 17 define themselves as 100% straight (compared with 78% of adults).

Fangio's Mercedes-Benz ran a race speed of 185 m.p.h. on the old Masta straight, compared with Vettel's 196 m.p.h. on the Kemmel Straight, which is the fastest section of the new circuit.

It can be seen that the end hook of both types of fibres was somehow straightened, with those pulled out from the matrix with the W/B ratio of 0.15 being more straight compared with those in matrix with other W/B ratios.

These analyses revealed an average meandering index of >0.76 (Fig. 1D), indicating that neutrophil paths in interstitial tissue are remarkably straight, compared with the more tortuous paths of lymphocytes [14] and neutrophils within lymph nodes [12].

The Red Bull is at least a match for the Mercedes on cornering speed, but its Renault engine lacks power on the straights compared to the German team's engine, which is also used by Williams, Force India and McLaren.

On the other hand, under some common practices the procedure of DDBD is more straight forward compared to FBD.

Moreover, the baseline of XRD is nearly a straight line compared with that of XRD of GCs, which also indicates that silicate glass host is corroded completely.

Most of the synthesized CNTs in AD are perfectly straight as compared with the kinked-type CNTs obtained by CVD processes [31].

When comparing the rate of key complications as a function of component design we found a significantly higher incidence with the use of standard straight stems compared to the other different designed stems (P = 0.002).

Axial (a) and coronal (b) images from an arterial phase CT mesenteric angiogram demonstrate hypoenhancement of distal ileal loops (straight arrow) compared with adjacent proximal ileal and jejunal loops with normal mural enhancement (curved arrow).