Sentence examples for straight meaning from inspiring English sources

He says in the newsreel, like a hundred little dodges to make his Sherlock Holmes think straight, meaning crooked, meaning sense and surprise do mix.

by Sharon Levy He says in the newsreel, like a hundred little dodges to make his Sherlock Holmes think straight, meaning crooked, meaning sense and surprise do mix.

If 64percentt of women are pear-shaped and another 30percentt are "straight," meaning columnar, then clearly the notion of a waist is just an expectation, a hope, a memory.

Turn Three often proves to be the trickiest for drivers, with the tight right hander coming after a long straight, meaning late breaking can result in a car ending up in the gravel bed.

Even though the weight shifts to the forward parts of your feet entirely, your upper body should be perfectly straight, meaning your center of gravity should still feel as though you are standing with legs straight.

Seven Guitars" is technically a straight play, meaning that it's not a musical.

Borrell had also recognised the teenager's tendency to pass in straight lines, meaning the team-mate in space was not always found.

Daily vehicle checklists identify problems with vehicles and machinery straight away, meaning there is no down time and vehicles are kept running at their optimum capacity.

He often referred to people he liked as a "straight arrow", meaning you could count on their word--and that was certainly true of Barry.

He and Cy Young are the only pitchers to win at least 15 games for 15 straight years, meaning Maddux is the epitome of consistency.

But with Jonny Bairstow already in the side, he can take the gloves straight away, meaning the choice becomes thus: either James Taylor comes in for Buttler and strengthens that middle order, with Bairstow dropping down the order.