straight and narrow
Example Sentences
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Rashford has taken a significant stride on that road to redemption - now can he use the Barcelona stage to finally put his career back on the straight and narrow?
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
He’s such a good guy, and we’re both on the straight and narrow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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 entry point to superhero and anti-hero movies and TV shows is straight and narrow, in the most literal sense.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2024
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
