Example Sentences

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“I’m glad that the mayor’s office is straightening it out,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2019

Freweini Kiflemarian is straightening up stacks of button-downs, running her fingers along racks of poly-blend suiting until everything is just so.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2016

I feel like my back is straightening when I become her, and something with my voice happens, and definitely the hair helps.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2016

“My whole life is straightening out,” Mr. Napio, who spent 22 of his 55 years in prison, said during a recent interview in the clinic’s mirror-lined injection room.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

“No matter. Coll is straightening up a place for me.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander