straight-backed

Or straight-back

[streyt-bakt]

adjective

1. having a straight, usually high, back.

   a straight-backed chair.

Example Sentences

Only Miss Penelope Lumley sat straight-backed and uncomplaining as the time dragged on.

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Penelope sat with her hands folded, in a narrow, straight-backed chair.

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She will stand, straight-backed in the rubble, greeting guests and passing out Champagne in broken tea cups with a smile so dazzling that no one will even notice anything’s amiss.

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Juicy’s interactions with Opal, his old pal who similarly refuses to conform to gender expectations, and straight-backed Larry, who has a secret tenderness for Juicy, are revealing.

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Once her health declined, she continued to direct her nieces with authority from her straight-backed chair and never gave up her role as teacher and matriarch of the family.

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