straightlaced
Example Sentences
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He had hits with a guy named Roy Orbison and a straightlaced, suit-wearing young man from Texas, Willie Nelson.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026
They pronounced their name with straightlaced A’s, as if from the South and not El Sur: Casas, like lasses, like molasses, like a girl stuck.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2019
When Sarkisian arrived at Washington after seven years as a USC assistant, he inherited a moribund program that was 0-12 in 2008 under straightlaced coach Tyrone Willingham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2015
They are the most straightlaced people in the universe.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was perfectly aware that by some excessively straightlaced people it might be termed a sin; but my ideas of sin were as easy and condoning as yours are.
From The Master-Christian by Corelli, Marie
