straight
Example Sentences
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If the coach doesn’t grow up and the program doesn’t rapidly improve — for a third straight year they’re barely a tournament team — there needs to be another ejection.
From Los Angeles Times
“We want to say with a straight face that we are a bargain—not in a reasonable world but in the actual world.”
His heart is with the strivers who find that our K-shaped economy makes it impossible to go straight.
From Los Angeles Times
He said he was "pleased to testify" and wanted "to set the record straight".
From BBC
Alcaraz immediately carved out an opportunity to hit straight back in the next game, but Royer managed to consolidate his break.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
