straight-backed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
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
Doctor Copeland sat close to it, leaning forward in a straight-backed kitchen chair with his head cupped in his long, slender hands.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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