make straight

Example Sentences

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As an immigrant, especially being Asian-American and the “model minority,” I understand her guidance as we grew up: Do things that are safe, make straight A’s, get into college.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“We have no gay equivalent of that. And they barely make straight movies like that anymore.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

Gay people aren’t sexless cherubs whose sole purpose in life is to make straight people more fabulous!

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2018

It is very difficult to make straight lines on a planetary surface.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

My father expected me to attend an Ivy League university, where I'd make straight A's, play football, and spend my off-hours strumming guitar with the student jazz combo.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris