straight-backed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
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.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
I have not yet learned detachment, and I’m not handling the secondary trauma with the straight-backed indifference that is expected of physicians.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
A young woman, barely more than a girl really, sits straight-backed, her dark hair pulled up, two strings of pearls around her neck.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2022
He was at his desk, sitting on the straight-backed chair made of dark wood.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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