straight-laced
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- straight-lacedly adverb
- straight-lacedness noun
Example Sentences
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In 2004, she said, Capriglione came into the club where she was working and stood out as “a very straight-laced businessman.”
From Salon
“It’s a bonus when I’m able to stretch myself and feel like I’m being challenged,” Poulter says of his character, the most straight-laced figure in the film, but imbued by Poulter with a surprising vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times
Paul is a straight-laced square, and Ford looks like he’s having a blast every episode pushing Paul to his limits.
From Salon
Judge voices the central character himself, a straight-laced patriarch of a Texas family struggling to maintain his values in a changing world.
From New York Times
Did you read that New Yorker piece about how it was all made-up and it was this very straight-laced?
From Salon
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