straighten

When he promises her that he’ll straighten out his life, he sounds as desperate as all the other bad men who’ve tried those same pleas on him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The researchers identified four characteristics that can help determine whether a tilted tropical cyclone is likely to straighten vertically.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

It took a meeting with the inflation-slaying giant of a former Fed chair, Paul Volcker, to straighten him out.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025

Now, it is helping the company straighten up its balance sheet—and getting its hands on a major business in return.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

I straighten back up, and for a few seconds, I’m checking myself for ketchup.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Word spreads that Sparks starter Kelsey Plum will be there soon and everyone straightens up.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

The Mercator map is arguably the best for this purpose, because it straightens out spiraling rhumb lines, and that’s why it rose to dominance.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026

He visibly straightens and says to Drummond, “Devour feculence,” establishing that this is how he naturally speaks.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025

“These are the people who died fighting against the junta,” says Vala as he straightens a bouquet that’s fallen over near the grave of his brother-in-law.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

She straightens the already perfectly straight stack of drawings.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

“It’ll be back down once we get things straightened out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

A very kind woman working behind the desk straightened me out: I was being too literal.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025

In pictures, she can be seen smiling sweetly at the camera in a smart black suit with straightened brown hair during a visit to the Financial Times in 2010.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

“The tears that I have shed over this, the frustration, the hours on the phone, trying to get it straightened out,” said Reisen, who lives in the Philadelphia area.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

After the navy-robed singers settled into their tiered seats at the back of the stage, the crowd straightened as the pastor strutted into the spotlight.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

His grand goal was to reduce flooding, ease navigation and expand commercial shipping capacity by straightening the river’s course and shortening the distance between Basel and Bonn by 50 miles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

For centuries, the UK has modified landscapes to move water off the land as quickly as possible by draining uplands and peatlands, straightening rivers and disconnecting rivers from floodplains.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Expansion and straightening cause water to drain away into the North Sea and Baltic Sea even faster, rather than being retained in the surrounding area."

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

West of Hoover Street, the grid reorients itself, straightening into an American-style street grid.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

Taran noticed the enchanter had even made some attempt at straightening up the disorder of ancient volumes crowding the room.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander