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She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXThis wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLShe had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESIt mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENThis judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYOne evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThe old dowager's voice toned down, and she pulled her black feathers straight upon her head.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODMy two eyes haven't quite the same focal length and this often puts me out of the straight with a column of figures.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSI'd sacrifice myself willingly, if that would put things straight.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODWide and straight, well made and tree-lined throughout, it supplied the two great arteries of Indian life.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWORDS RELATED TO STRAIGHT ARROW
- approved
- becoming
- befitting
- chaste
- clean
- comely
- comme il faut
- conforming
- continent
- correct
- decorous
- delicate
- ethical
- fit
- fitting
- good
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- honorable
- immaculate
- mannerly
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- moral
- nice
- noble
- on the up and up
- polite
- presentable
- proper
- prudent
- pure
- reserved
- right
- seemly
- spotless
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- standard
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- straight shooting
- suitable
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- unblemished
- undefiled
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- continent
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- mannerly
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- proper
- prudent
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- right
- seemly
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- stainless
- standard
- straight
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- straight shooting
- suitable
- trustworthy
- unblemished
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- upright
- virtuous
- worthy
- according to the book
- acknowledged
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- authoritative
- buttoned-down
- by the numbers
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- conservative
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- correct
- customary
- devout
- die-hard
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- established
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- legitimate
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- old-line
- pious
- proper
- punctilious
- reactionary
- received
- recognized
- religious
- right
- rightful
- sanctioned
- sound
- square
- standard
- straight
- straight arrow
- traditionalistic
- true
- well-established
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