Sentence examples for straight stick from inspiring English sources

The jointed flail supplanted the straight stick.

A straight stick appears bent when partly immersed in water and viewed at an angle to the surface other than 90°.

But does seeing a straight stick out of water provide a good reason for thinking that, when it is in water, it is not bent?

But does seeing a straight stick out of water provide a good reason for thinking that when it is in water, it is not bent?

Why not shame the devil,/ tell the story straight, stick to the honest-to-god facts?" O'Driscoll, a friend of Heaney's, died in December 2012.

He discovered the law of refraction, which explains why a straight stick can appear bent when partly immersed in water (though this discovery had been made earlier and independently).

Harkup plays it equally straight, sticking to her own formula so closely as to risk tedium.

Crumble newspaper into proportionate straight sticks or bent sticks.

Find six strong, straight sticks that are equal in size and ten feet long.

For this, you can use two straight sticks made of wood or bamboo, or wooden doweling.

Throw a few straight sticks on top of the leaves to hold them in place.