straight-out
Example Sentences
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Which is to say, Colón-Zayas knows the ups and downs of being talented, hardworking and sometimes straight-out ignored, as Tina is in so much of “Napkins.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025
“It’s a straight-out fight as it has been for the entire year,” said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021
But the straight-out crazy, nonsensical nature of some of the things he says and does now, that is new.
From Slate • May 10, 2021
In the town of Cicely, there are very few people that are portrayed as just straight-out bad.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2020
Some mediums straight-out confessed to fraud in newspapers, books, or magazines.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
