Sentence examples for straight look from inspiring English sources

Sentence The phrase "straight look" is not a part of standard English and is not used in written English.
However, if you use it in a sentence in informal writing, it could mean a stern or direct glance, e.g., "She gave him a straight look and he immediately knew he was in trouble."

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-- 1 Police Plaza -- "you want that straight look.

As Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's adaptation of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," Rooney Mara rarely gives anyone a straight look.

"Gay men adopted this archetypal straight look, which at the time meant a preppy Lacoste-shirt-wearing guy with dry-look hair and a mustache".

So many African-American women use relaxers or a hot comb to get a straight look temporarily that not doing so can require courage.

To read JC Squire's obituary notice ("That poetic, but positive and staccato soul … the supercilious curl of his moustached lip, and the fierce, straight look in his eyes") is to wonder whether it may not have concealed someone else altogether.

Sophia Adams, beautifully played by Martina Laird, is far more than the stereotypical West Indian matriarch no one dares to cross – although she has perfected the art of the straight look.

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Thought this was amusing - here's what standing up straight looks like: pic.twitter.com/i8w3oZ65UB.

"Squad Squad-tion": Come to the position of attention: standing straight, looking forward, and not moving.

Keep your torso and back straight, looking straight ahead as you continue to elongate -- and therefore, shrink -- that back calf muscle.

From a standing position, simply lower yourself so that your thighs are parallel to the floor while keeping your back straight, looking straight ahead.

"Customers want something more playful and free spirited than the usual stick-straight look".

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