Sentence examples for straight giving from inspiring English sources

Brad Radke (10-8) lost his fourth straight, giving up five runs on 10 hits in six innings.

The victory was the Devils' third straight, giving them their longest winning streak since last October, when they won six consecutive games.

The prosecution played the inquisition; the judge played its enthusiastic helper; the defence attorneys played the fool; and only the defendants themselves played it straight, giving pointed political speeches at the end of their ridiculous ordeal.

"These events are designed to set the record straight, giving careers advisers an accurate and honest insight into the state of graduate recruitment in the engineering, retail and finance sectors and exactly how it has been affected by the economic downturn," he says.

Many of the tens of thousands of developers, journalists and PR people here find themselves attending up to 16 hours of meetings each day for four or even five days straight, giving the whole thing the feeling of summer camp meets the Bataan Death March.

We had a good battle but when I eventually overtook him down the straight, giving him plenty of room, he unfortunately got it wrong on the inside and drove into the back of my car knocking off the valve cap, therefore puncturing my tyre with his front wing.

Keeping your elbows straight, give four quick upward thrusts.

Kate and Keith talk straight, give good put-downs; Keith has interesting hair and is surprisingly emotional.

Finishes such as this are a familiar sight at Leopardstown, where the short run-in on the home straight gives jockeys little time for thought or manoeuvre.

And maybe over dinner I'll do some coaching, talk straight, give them some advice on how to work well with the other individual, and encourage them to talk to each other.

The students — some of whom may be straight, given the wording of the query — received an e-mail from Iowa's chief diversity officer describing support services for gay students.