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'straight' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'straight' with 20 example sentences.


straight adjective

: successive (without a break)

: erect in posture

: in keeping with the facts

: neatly arranged; not disorderly

: not homosexual

: accurately fitted; level

: without evasion or compromise

: (of an alcoholic drink) without water

: following a correct or logical method

: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

: having no deviations

: (of hair) having no waves or curls

: characterized by honesty and fairness

: no longer coiled

: free from curves or angles

straight noun

: a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

: a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

straight adverb

: without deviation

: in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

: in a straight line; in a direct course


  • Should I turn left, right, or go straight?
  • Does this train go straight to Barcelona?
  • Let's go straight to the beach.
  • Stand up straight when I'm talking to you!
  • I left work early and went straight home.
  • She drank straight from the bottle.
  • Did you go straight home after school yesterday?
  • He drew a straight line on the wall.
  • Let me get straight to the point.
  • "Are you straight or gay?" "I'm straight."
  • He went straight to his room.
  • We'll eat, and then go straight to bed.
  • I'm going straight home.
  • A straight line is a trivial example of a curve.
  • You're going straight to hell.
  • Ask him to come straight away.
  • I'll come straight to the point. You're fired.
  • Actually, it would be good to start straight away.
  • The rainy weather lasted for ten days straight.
  • Go straight, and you will find the station.
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