straight arrow
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As the straight arrow protagonist, Park expertly pulls off a trick similar to Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids”: Her character serves as the narrative engine, while also setting up comedy opportunities for the others.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Was it the straight arrow at the start of the series or this late-stage Kim, who’s sort of off the rails?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
Even as a child, he was a straight arrow with a sense of duty, honor and country, and he carried that Boy Scout quality into adulthood.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2021
Lobo said Thursday he brought Bonilla in to clean up the force, because he was known as a straight arrow.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
At Truman, Wayne is known as a straight arrow, Mr. Responsibility.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Bush nominated Cheney: He’d known him from the Nixon days, and he figured—correctly—that the nomination of a popular, well-informed, straight-arrow congressman would go quickly.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2025
With roots in small-town Indiana, Fain, now 54, was known as a straight-arrow young man who respected teachers and coaches at Taylor High School near Kokomo, from which he graduated in 1987.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
Jayden is as straight-arrow as his sister is unbridled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
The book is suffused with an earnest, straight-arrow tone.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
We see straight-arrow Rex Harri- son disdaining Alexandria in the 1963 film Cleopatra, until he is beguiled by Elizabeth Taylor.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
