strait-laced

Example Sentences

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"Next to the vomiting, gurning, maniacally grinning Keaton, she can’t help but seem a little bland and strait-laced."

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

Singapore was once known as an affluent and strait-laced city-state.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Last year, they were the strait-laced girl who had detailed notes, flash cards and pens for the borrowing; this year, the burnout who shows up at the end and aces the final?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

You’ve seen a lot of strait-laced overachievers learn to lighten up and cut loose on-screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023

I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family’s strait-laced burial ground outside of Boston.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles