straight man
Example Sentences
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“I was teaching a lot of people to surf, mostly women who didn’t want a straight man to teach them how to surf because it feels vulnerable enough,” says Walsh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
It is very dapper for a straight man, but it couldn't be more boring for Tan France.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
Mir, a high-strung anxious perfectionist, was written as more of the audience stand-in, the straight man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
But he has grown into his role at “Saturday Night Live,” proving to be an especially strong straight man adept at the comedy of embarrassment.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Said they’d sense enough to know a straight man when they saw him, and they’d give you plenty time to pay in.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey
