Wondering how to use Straighten in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as order or modify.
Straighten in a sentence
Related words
Straighten meaning
- To cause to become straight.
- To become straight.
- To put in order; to sort; to tidy up.
Example sentences (20)
But if the process that is going to bring him up is fraught with controversy, we must look at how to straighten it.
The APC National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole, spent much of Monday at Saraki’s house trying to straighten things out.
I had great father figures in my life, a wonderful mother and a great sister, but they could not straighten me up.
Upon trying to straighten it there is loads of pain, and I can force it straight with lots of pain and a loud pop.
Straighten, curl and wave hair with this compact little SinglePass travel iron from innovators in heat tools, T3.
If that is what’s happening, talking with a licensed psychotherapist will help you straighten out your thinking.
If the re-manufactured crankshaft is out of alignment then the technician repeats step 7 and re-straighten the structure.
Straighten the knees and the calves till the entire body is vertical and in a straight line, balancing itself on your head.
Both had numerous surgeries to straighten out their legs and spent most of their lives walking on crutches and with braces.
She showed fans how she got her hair done using the top-tier Dyson Corrale to straighten her hair, £399.99.
If I had sneezed, I wouldn’t have been around in 1962, when Negroes in Albany, Georgia, decided to straighten their backs up.
Originally, this definition said that the elbow joint must not straighten out during the bowling action.
Baby Malakai Kade Sanders, four months, has spent the first eight weeks of his life in casts to straighten out his little legs.
All he had to do was straighten his smile and intensify his eyes and he’d go from goofy to terrifying.
Innovative social development policies are necessary to straighten out the oppression and unfairness.
The only way to straighten up the dense, dumb Republican party is to beat the hell out of them in both the Senate and the US House.
Or is he really trying to straighten things out, so he can then hand the power back to the people?
Some of them wouldn't be able to straighten out their legs, affecting their walking and mobility.
Later on, Mattis said something similar: "We've backed off in good faith to try and give you a chance to straighten this problem out.
Straighten your right leg, row your elbows back and squeeze your shoulder blades together, keeping your torso angled slightly forward.
Common combinations with straighten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to straighten 38×
- straighten out 24×
- straighten the 8×
- straighten my 6×
- straighten it 5×
- straighten his 5×
- straighten up 4×
- can straighten 4×
- straighten your 4×
- straighten her 3×
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