straight-backed
or straight-back
having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
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How to use straight-backed in a sentence
I mean, she was in this purple dress and he was straight backed.
Tom Ford Unzipped: Interview Transcript | The Daily Beast Video | December 12, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTOne evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.
The Red Year | Louis TracyLetitia Prall sat on a straight-backed chair, erect and still; but looking like a leashed tiger, ready to spring.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn WellsSir John Meredith was sitting stiffly in a straight-backed chair by his library fire.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton MerrimanAnd these eyeglasses were affixed to the bridge of Sir John Meredith's nose, as he sat stiffly in the straight-backed chair.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton Merriman
Morley was ushered in and given one of the plain, straight-backed chairs with which the room was furnished.
The Winning Clue | James Hay, Jr.
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