Definition: 1. Not in a curve or at an angle; in a straight line. 2. By a direct route; immediately. 3. In or into a level or vertical position; in or into the correct position. 4. Right; in keeping with the facts. 5. Honest and morally upright.
Use 'straight' in a sentence:
1. Come straight home after school.
2. You can really see that it is not straight.
3. At 75, she's still ramrod straight.
4. I should go and see a doctor straight away.
5. I don't think you're being straight with me.
6. They'd won 12 straight games before they lost.
7. It's time for some straight talking.
8. I got in at ten and booked straight into a hotel.
9. His teeth were perfectly straight.
10. The bullet went straight through him.
11. You need to get your facts straight.
12. They had been working for 16 hours straight.
13. Try to keep the stitches small and straight.
14. The road continues as straight as an arrow.
15. Are you playing straight with me?
16. She just looked straight through me.
17. I saw it—straight up!
18. We hit it off straight away.
19. It was a straight choice between taking the job and staying out of work.
20. This train goes straight through to York.
21. She pulled her hat straight.
22. She asked him straight off what he thought about it all.
23. We want straight answers. No evasions.
24. It took hours to get the house straight.
25. They may be straight or curved, but not in sharply kinked configurations.
26. Let's get this straight ─ you really had no idea where he was?
27. You'll look taller if you stand up straight.
28. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer to a straight question.
29. Brett looked straight ahead.
30. They stood as straight as soldiers on parade.
31. He dispatched the younger player in straight sets.
32. Keep straight on for two miles.
33. I was so tired I went straight to bed.
34. She was so tired she couldn't think straight.
35. He was too tired to walk straight.
36. Surprisingly, he agreed straight away.
37. We got off straight after breakfast.
38. I'm going to the library straight after the class.
39. The election was a straight fight between the two main parties.
40. I told him straight that I didn't like him.
41. The team has had five straight wins.
42. Can't you give me a straight yes or no?
43. The signpost pointed straight ahead.
44. The band's last single shot straight to number one in the charts.
45. Just keep going in a straight line; you can't miss it.
46. She guessed the answer straight away.
47. I'll do it straight away.
48. Part of her article is taken straight out of my book.
49. She went straight from college to a top job.
50. Keep your eyes to the front and walk straight ahead.
51. Most of the boys went straight into the services.
52. She had very pretty straight teeth.
53. The new album went straight to number one.
54. The album went straight into the charts at number 1.
55. He just walked straight past us!
56. I'll come straight to the point ─ your work isn't good enough.
