straighten
Example Sentences
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Straighten those arches on Ms and Ns, and don’t forget the little left arm on capital “I.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Downcast eyes let Fair-Kincaid know a misbehaving boy understands the gist of what he is saying: Straighten up or face the consequences.
From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2017
Straighten him out just a little, and the Mariners could be looking at a 30-homer guy next year.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2012
Straighten that foot...' might be the instructions as paramilitary recruits in China get precision training.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2011
“That’s fine. Now come over to this machine and put your hand into the tube. Nothing to harm you, I promise. Straighten your fingers. That’s it.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing straighten
List 10
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