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
It is very difficult to make straight lines on a planetary surface.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
In a post about report cards on the school’s website, he pleads with parents “not to stress to their child that they must make straight A’s.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2016
Even though I make straight As in her class, I doubt she even knows my name.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
