Example Sentences

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It helps you understand why you’re doing the things you’re doing, why all these women are straightening their hair, for instance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

"Things are straightening out a bit," said the superintendent.

From The Grell Mystery by Froest, Frank

While we are straightening out matters and putting things on a solid basis, it seems to me essential to settle that.

From The Stillwater Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

It has been a hot, parching summer day, and now that the night draws on all the flagging flowers in the cottage-borders are straightening themselves anew, and lifting their leaves to the dews.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

"We are awfully pleased, Ralph, that affairs are straightening out so comfortably," Ruth began.

From The Ranch Girls at Home Again by Vandercook, Margaret