straitlaced
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“Look at these guys,” Cyndi Lauper whispers discreetly as she nods toward a straitlaced couple strolling through the Sunset Marquis.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025
In recent years the party has embarked on a mission to revamp its straitlaced, no-nonsense image, particularly to attract younger voters who have typically been more sympathetic to the opposition.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
He sounded rather confident and straitlaced when responding to his attorneys’ questions, something that was jarring enough considering how long it’s been since we last heard from the guy.
From Slate • Oct. 26, 2023
But she would always be best known for playing Major Houlihan, a straitlaced, by-the-book Army nurse who is tormented by rowdy doctors during the Korean War in the army comedy “MASH.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2022
The orderly troupe of farm animals lined along the windowsill and the straitlaced dolls poised in the various rooms of their open-sided mansion waited for the gem of her first sentence.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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