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I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.

Now, as the world knows, the straightest way to the heart of the honest voter is through the women of the land, and the straightest way to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with rural politicians, is to kiss the babies wide and far.

Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it?

Steyn continues and it's all a bit more orderly down his end as O'Brien defends the first three balls with a straight bat and a respectful dip of the head.

Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions […].

‘It wasn't the proper thing, squoire. It wasn't straight.’

Allan Blye, a CBC-TV mainstay in the early Sixties, worked as a singer, writer and straight and comedic actor.

Oh, music, how he loved it; it seemed to set everything straight all at once in his head.

After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.

Murray started well against Marcos Baghdatis before slumping to defeat in straight sets and the British No1 admitted he may not have been mentally prepared for the rigours of the ATP Tour after a gruelling start to 2011.

a straight Republican

a straight ballot

Although Eyles, the minor celebrity, is respected by his co-workers, he looks out of place among the dozens of short-haired, short-sleeved technocrats who man the Lab. “No doubt about it,” he says, “there are an awful lot of people around here you’d have to call straight.”

We only appear straight for the first five seconds. Just walking down the street, in the diner, or at the boardwalk, we hear, "Is she a man? Is she a woman? If she is a straight woman, what is she doing with this gay man?" We check in with each other. "What do you think, is it okay? I think we should go. I think we should cross over to the other side. Danger."

straight marriage, sex, relationships

Coordinate term: French

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.

The shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes.

Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow.

A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps.

Real cowboys know how to rope, ride a horse and drink whisky straight.