Example Sentences

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Developers had straightened it and armored it with rocks or concrete, squeezing it into channels only a few feet wide in some places.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2022

And by Sunday, apparently, everyone had straightened out their stories.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2020

He showed up on the first tee one day proudly announcing that Jack Nicklaus, no less, had straightened out his swing.

From Golf Digest • Mar. 30, 2020

By 1971, engineers had straightened the once free-flowing stream into a 56-mile, 30-foot-deep canal bureaucratically designated as the C-38.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2019

Mrs. had straightened my hair with Big Ma’s hot comb and gave me a flip bang.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia