How to Use straighten in a Sentence
straighten
verb
- The drooping flowers straightened in the rain.
- He straightened the bent antenna.
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Then lift up the right leg and try to straighten it in the air.
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Stephanie Mansour,
CNN,
7 Oct. 2020
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The goal of a silk press is to straighten the hair with the least amount of heat.
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Monique Wilson,
Glamour,
28 Dec. 2022
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But the car wouldn’t straighten, and the wall crept closer.
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Luca Evans,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2022
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Take one deep breath in, and then straighten the right leg.
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Stephanie Mansour,
CNN,
26 Aug. 2020
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Then come home and have to straighten up and get ready for the next day.
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jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2020
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Her early job was straightening the cans on the shelves of the store.
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Mary Jane Brewer,
cleveland,
19 Jan. 2020
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Step your left foot back wider than your hips and straighten the leg.
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Stephanie Mansour,
NBC News,
16 July 2019
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Spin the wheel to the left and keep moving to straighten out your car and put it cleanly in the space.
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Robert Klose,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 July 2022
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Ali spends his first night straightening the crooked art on the walls.
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Amy Nicholson,
Washington Post,
11 Apr. 2024
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Her mom is trying to straighten her hair the whole time.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
24 Dec. 2021
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To do this, straighten your leg and flex your foot (heel down, toes up).
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Parents Editors,
Parents,
17 Oct. 2023
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Grasp the edge with straight arms and bend and straighten your elbows.
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Gretchen Reynolds,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2020
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There was a lot to dust and straighten out after the long trip on dirt roads.
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Ted Conover,
Harper's magazine,
22 July 2019
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But as the game wore on, the Cardinals got their hits to straighten up.
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Brett Dawson,
The Courier-Journal,
3 June 2022
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Press your hands into the ground on the outside of your chest, bring the head and neck up, and straighten the arms.
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Stephanie Mansour,
NBC News,
31 July 2019
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The treatment is then rinsed out and the hair gets blow-dried again, then straightened to seal it in.
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Megan Decker,
refinery29.com,
2 May 2023
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Pull your abs in and bend the knees to bring them over your head and then straighten the legs up toward the sky.
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Stephanie Mansour,
CNN,
29 Dec. 2020
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The break came at a good time for the Bears, who need to straighten out plenty of issues.
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Jeremy Cluff,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Nov. 2021
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Then straighten your arms and lift your torso and thighs up off the mat.
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Stephanie Mansour,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2021
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Beebe made sure to straighten up her living room for the event.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2021
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Then straighten your right arm back as if trying to hit the back of the room with the dumbbell in the right hand.
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Stephanie Mansour,
CNN,
14 Oct. 2020
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Phogat slipped on her hot-pink shoes and straightened her pony-tail.
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The Economist,
25 Oct. 2019
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That left enough time to straighten up your work area before the boss got there.
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Star Tribune,
19 June 2021
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One of the members of the Chiefs' medical team worked on the knee to help straighten it out.
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Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
18 Oct. 2019
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If your car fails to straighten out, put it in neutral to try to slow down the movement.
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Time,
12 Aug. 2021
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Bend the knee to release some of the tension, and then straighten again against the resistance.
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Cori Ritchey,
Men's Health,
16 Aug. 2023
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Her long hair was straightened and parted down the middle.
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Catherine Santino,
Peoplemag,
9 Sep. 2024
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Betts said he’s spent most of his waking hours in the batting cage trying to straighten things out.
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Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2024
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