Example Sentences

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Straightening, she turned to look at Chase, her face guilty, caught out, as if expecting accusation.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022

Straightening a limb after flexion is an example of extension.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Straightening a stream and building over its floodplain can destroy the hyporheic zone.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2022

Straightening my spine, I headed for the back-yard moat.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

“It says here, ‘Cover with the Miracle Straightening Cap, then turn on the machine and wait for the miraculous— “Ten minutes? Fifteen?”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett