Example Sentences

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“When I was in middle school, I might have straightened my hair, and now I’m making it as big as I can — redefining the beauty standards that were put on me,” Thoms says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

“It’s telling,” Ruff added, “that the evidence was so strong even without Demonte’s testimony, which certainly would have straightened out how this happened.”

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

“I grew up needing that, because I probably wouldn’t have straightened my hair so much,” she continued.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2019

"These management efforts have straightened, steepened, and narrowed the river, and our research has shown that these changes cause floodwaters to flow higher and faster."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2019

Could have straightened up and seen what was coming, for it was thick in the air all around us.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver