not crooked
Example Sentences
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The cops are scared if they're not crooked.
From Reuters ● Jul. 30, 2010
"Yes," said Joel, "pins, an' good ones, too, not crooked, bent old things."
From The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney
He should always practise a sinless mode of conduct, that is not deceptive and not crooked.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
He placed the flexible little characters in our hands to bend this way or that, expecting us to make them grow upright and not crooked, to look to Heaven, instead of trailing on earth.
From The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
My tongue is not crooked, but it is straight; it will not sing a false song—it tells my father the truth.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
