straighten

Example Sentences

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He straightens it out and enhances its faded colour with careful strokes of a pencil.

From BBC

She’d like to see Trump straighten out the country’s dysfunctional immigration system.

From Los Angeles Times

McCoist, a captain on BBC's Question of Sport for 11 years, previously had two operations to straighten his fingers but the issue has not been fixed.

From BBC

“When I was in middle school, I might have straightened my hair, and now I’m making it as big as I can — redefining the beauty standards that were put on me,” Thoms says.

From Los Angeles Times

"On my very first period I was curled up on the floor of my parents' bedroom, screaming, unable to straighten my spine," she said.

From BBC