11 example sentences using straight.
Straight used in a sentence
Straight in a sentence as a noun
It's clear and it gets straight to the point.
She was hired straight out of college, so I guess the culture was sucked right into her.
This is straight out of the Stasi playbook and happening in the US in 2013.
You'll pretty much be able to draw a straight line that divides who ***** and who eats ****.
Straight in a sentence as an adjective
Because straight nationalism isn't going to cut it.
" I was wondering if this was you -- if so, I think you should contact the author to set the record straight.
When I was in High School it was the city center, so bustling and full of people it was often hard to walk in a straight line.
All of a sudden they start talking about putting an extra 10-15% in escrow, or doing an earn-out instead of a straight acquisition, as a hedge.
Straight in a sentence as an adverb
Let me get this straight: so a prolific, proven open source contributor makes some money, and the community gets a problem fixed.
My reasoning is as follows;Many "products" over the last couple of years have been fairly straight forward web "apps" built on top of existing infrastructure.
That's a testament to the sheer volume of people who think that Microsoft's service offering is valuable enough to pay cold hard cash for, but it also, of course, goes straight to Microsoft's bottom line, to the tune of around a billion dollars per year.
Straight definitions
a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
See also: heterosexual
a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
See also: straightaway
successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
See also: consecutive
having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
(of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
See also: square
no longer coiled
See also: uncoiled
free from curves or angles; "a straight line"
neatly arranged; not disorderly; "the room is straight now"
not homosexual
accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
See also: true
without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
See also: straightforward
without water; "took his whiskey neat"
See also: neat full-strength
following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
See also: square
without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
in a straight line; in a direct course; "the road runs straight"