STRAIGHT in a Sentence

Learn STRAIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
278 example sentences for STRAIGHT, such as:
1. He headed straight for the bar.
2. You cannot make a crab walk straight.
3. Walk straight ahead until you reach the river.
4. Palmer putted the ball straight into the hole.
5. A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of STRAIGHT
straight
 a.  erect in posture
 ad.  in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Thence, still hugging the shadow, he edged his way cautiously forward to the nearest window, holding back his straight spare body and craning his neck till he got a glimpse of the room.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  She was so small and weak-looking that it wrung his heart; but suddenly she lifted her head and looked straight at him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  She looked straight at Mattie as she spoke, a faint smile deepening the vertical lines between her nose and chin.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  If he lifted his eyes they rested on Zeena's pinched face, and the corners of her straight lips seemed to quiver away into a smile.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  The sled swerved in response, but he righted it again, kept it straight, and drove down on the black projecting mass.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  And raising good cotton, riding well, shooting straight, dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with elegance and carrying one's liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  For here were no long, straight furrows, such as could be seen in the yellow clay fields of the flat middle Georgia country or in the lush black earth of the coastal plantations.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  And her heart went up to God in sincere thankfulness that a pathway for her feet had been opened--out of her misery and straight to the arms of Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  Ah done promise Miss Pitty Ah bring you straight home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
10  For some moments Scarlett had been conscious that Uncle Peter was breathing hard and sitting up very straight as he stared steadily at the horse's ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  Peter sucked in his breath and his wrinkled brow showed deep furrows but he kept his eyes straight ahead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  He can't no more keep a plow straight in a furrow than little Beau can, and what he don't know about makin things grow would fill a book.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
13  And when the wind has passed, it springs up almost as straight and strong as before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
14  Shame and fear sped her homeward and, in her mind, Archie with his patriarch's beard assumed the proportions of an avenging angel straight from the pages of the Old Testament.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
15  I tell you--I tell you I'd have come straight home--if I'd only known--whether she wanted me home or not.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
Example Sentence: (68 in 5 pages)
1  A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.
2  Draw a straight line across the top of the page.
3  We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque.
4  Look straight ahead and you'll see the post office.
5  Walk straight ahead until you reach the river.
6  I was almost tempted to strip off and plunge straight into the pool.
7  He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
8  The only time I got their attention was when I brought home straight A's on my report card.
9  Palmer putted the ball straight into the hole.
10  He headed straight for the bar.
11  He's gone straight to the top, the lucky bastard.
12  Go straight on until you come to a large white building.
13  You cannot make a crab walk straight.
14  You have to wonder how anyone could say that seriously and with a straight face.
15  His hot pancakes are delicious, you buy them straight from the kitchen to eat in your hands.