How to Use "Straight" with Example Sentences

straight (adj): not bent or curved; honest and truthful

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Used with verbs:

"The line looks straight."
(looks, be: is/am/are)

"Keep your back straight."
(keep)

"Hold the rope straight."
(held)

"Please be straight with me and give me an honest answer."
(be)

Used with adverbs:

"Her teeth are now perfectly straight."
(perfectly, absolutely, completely, almost, fairly, relatively, nearly)

"Her hair is naturally straight."
(naturally)

"I'm going to be absolutely straight with you."
(absolutely, completely, totally)

Used with prepositions:

"Please be totally straight with me."
(with)

Used with nouns:

"He has a straight back."
(back)

"Please give me a straight answer."
(answer)

"She made straight cuts in the paper."
(cuts)

"She has beautiful straight hair."
(hair, teeth)

straight (adv): in a vertical position; directly

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Used with verbs:

"Try to aim straight for the target."
(aim, shoot)

"My mother always told me to stand up straight."
(stand up, sit up)

"He had so much to drink, he couldn't walk straight."
(walk, talk)