straight and narrow

Example Sentences

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Nothing like a close call, a brush with doom, to scare you into staying on the straight and narrow.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Houlahan and Curtis decided to focus on oncogenes, normal genes that, when mutated, can free a cell from regulatory pathways meant to keep it on the straight and narrow.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

The “I Get the Bag” artist opened up about what had kept him on the straight and narrow since his release.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The lists sent the Cypriot government scrambling to shore up a tattered reputation, offering assurances that the country was now firmly on the straight and narrow.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

She was more than a schoolmarm with a ruler, trying to nudge me to the straight and narrow, which could never work.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz