straightlaced
Example Sentences
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This reflects the accord that develops between the straightlaced Charles and the farcical Oliver, whose friendship is rooted in a shared sense of caring for Mabel.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2022
They pronounced their name with straightlaced A’s, as if from the South and not El Sur: Casas, like lasses, like molasses, like a girl stuck.
From Salon • Mar. 30, 2019
When Sarkisian arrived at Washington after seven years as a USC assistant, he inherited a moribund program that was 0-12 in 2008 under straightlaced coach Tyrone Willingham.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2015
They are the most straightlaced people in the universe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even in his dealings with his friends, the chorus girls, there was a certain touch of humour which made it impossible even for the most straightlaced to say hard things of him.
From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Hamilton, Cosmo
