Sentence examples for straightened as from inspiring English sources

"Everyone agrees that the shadow of a stick cannot be straightened as long as the stick is crooked," he writes.

The original river was curvier, but it's since been straightened as part of a canal project.

He straightened as music from an early Prokofiev ballet crashed from the speakers, a harsh wash of grating horns and driving drums.

My feet pressured small creases on the face, and the rope straightened as Ms. Martins belayed, reeling line to keep me tight.

Feet are often planted far apart, with knees bent, to support the pliantly waving torso in the air; a superb moment occurred as the knees slowly straightened, as if gradually but powerfully propelling the still tilted torso up into the air.

(3.10) The free boundary (x=h(t)) is straightened as the fixed line (s=h_{0}).

This step is only required if the blow drying did not straighten as desired.

Fortunately larger monuments usually have a more extensive foundation and don't need straightening as often.

Panesar's first ball is full, pitches on middle and looks set to straighten as Samad plays all round it.

The same sort of hair that grew curly and dark in childhood only to straighten as we grew older.

His curves often ache to straighten, as if they were bent springs; and the caress of his paint-handling is no smoother than a cat's tongue.