Straightened

Examples

• Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I thought I'd jis look over sis's things, and get 'em straightened up. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He straightened himself then, and I saw that what he held in his hand was a sort of gun, with a curiously misshapen butt. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He straightened up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Count Greffi straightened up when I came toward the table and walked toward me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I straightened it out afterwards. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and burst into a hearty fit of laughter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then Laurie straightened himself up, said, It's all right, never mind, and went away without another word. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Finally the pin was straightened and blanched or whitened. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The limbs would break like glass or like wood if they had to be straightened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I straightened up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• We'll be most careful of them, he straightened up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• It's out o' no ill-will that I'm here, for my part; it's just to mak a effort to get things straightened, for they're sorely a-crooked. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Brooke put his hands behind him, walked to the window and straightened his back with a little shake before he replied. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I pulled hard on the left oar and came in close, then straightened out when we were close to the quay and brought the boat alongside. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Chinnock had a great deal of trouble getting the customers straightened out. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Walking up last to the boy, he felt of his arms, straightened his hands, and looked at his fingers, and made him jump, to show his agility. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Checker: Noelle