Thesaurus / straight-out
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She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESIt felt to him that he simply walked straight out of her life into a world of emptiness and ice and shadows.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe race was to be five miles straight out to windward, and a run home, off the wind.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHAnd yet I almost think, if he had held his arm straight out, I could have walked under it with my hat on, and without stooping.
THE DEVIL-TREE OF EL DORADOFRANK AUBREYHe simply walked straight out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen, where he stayed for days.
THE TALKING HORSEF. ANSTEYHe chuckled at the vision of the old lady's slow progress down the narrow passage, with the tongs held straight out before her.
HAPPY HOUSEBETSEY RIDDLE, FREIFRAU VON HUTTEN ZUM STOLZENBERGYour Aunt Maria is so straight out, nothing false about her.
PATCHWORKANNA BALMER MYERSThey decided to do that, and headed straight out into the sea.
THE FIRE PEOPLERAY CUMMINGSIt was straight out dealing; no side-tracks and cross-tracks.
COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTTOne more pass, and Ed Symes's arms were at his sides, his legs stretched straight out.
PAGAN PASSIONSGORDON RANDALL GARRETTWORDS RELATED TO STRAIGHT-OUT
- absolute
- all-fired
- all-out
- arrant
- blasted
- blessed
- blooming
- complete
- confounded
- consummate
- crashing
- damned
- dead
- downright
- entire
- flat
- flat-out
- infernal
- out-and-out
- outright
- perfect
- plain
- pure
- sheer
- stark
- straight-out
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- total
- unbounded
- unequivocal
- unlimited
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- unreserved
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