Sentence examples for straight used from inspiring English sources

His dad, bone thin, his back crooked from leaning out of the combine to guide the thresher straight, used to relax there in the early evenings.

Most surprising about the article was the fact that Vidal's nephew, the film director and screenwriter Burr Steers, and half sister, Nina Straight, used their interview with the Times to imply that Vidal had engaged in, as Straight put it, "Jerry Sandusky acts" during his lifetime — a detail that quickly spread to other news outlets.

For the first time in my career, I decided to play the character straight, using my own personality.

However, showrunner Charlie Brooker plays it completely straight, using the warped situation to say something about politicians and the extent to which they are swayed by public opinion.

(To help keep your line of stitching straight, use a pencil or a piece of tailor's chalk to add a guideline first).

They were broadly uncomfortable when Wright pointed out that you'd have a hard time finding anyone who is 100% straight, using straight to mean "non-queer" in the broadest sense.

Thus, the first goal for the author when performing a leg sculpture is to make the leg column straight, using liposuction, microfat grafting, or both (Fig.  12a c).

Straight, use heat protectant though.

Unless you're blow drying your hair straight, use your fingers to comb your dry hair.

To make sure you're going straight, use masking tape to make a long line.

When doing outlines, the border or anything straight, use a ruler.