The word "straighten" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone or something becoming more organized, in line, or neat. For example: "He straightened his papers and began the presentation."
Nine votes in the US supreme court can straighten out what has happened to our law.
"I have always believed to bowl the doosra you have to bend and straighten your arm - that's throwing.
I can't straighten it now, and it gets in the way when I try to grip things.
The ICC decide, just like the PGA Tour in golf, to have localised rules and they have this rule whereby you can bend and straighten your arm 15 degrees, that is a local rule by the ICC and not the Laws of the game.
If the measure passes, expect another round of litigation to straighten out this matter and perhaps yet another one to clarify the status of couples who tie the knot before a ban.A knottier problem still is presented by same-sex couples from other states who marry in California.
THIS week's twist in textiles is depressing proof, if any were needed, of how hard it is to straighten out world trade.
The new mayor, who accepted the backing of the city's public-sector unions, must also prove he can straighten out the city's awful public services or privatise them.
A congenital defect had left him with a kink in his arm; he was unable to straighten his elbow fully.
Scale up the idea, straighten out the carousel and you have a production line with multiple printing heads.The "Hammering Man" outside the Frankfurt Messe is still bashing away at his piece of metal.
Surely one of the economists in attendance could straighten the Hyatt folks out with a dynamic pricing model that would allow those of us on expense accounts to check our email.
The chaffeured prince advised M to go home to Yemen to straighten out his visa status if he wanted to keep his job.M's original plan to return to Saudi Arabia faded away shortly after returning to Yemen.
