not crooked

Example Sentences

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The cops are scared if they're not crooked.

From Reuters • Jul. 30, 2010

My brooms are not steeped, But very well bound: My broomes be not crooked, But smooth cut and round.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles

For just as it is necessary immediately after birth to shapen the limbs of children, so that they may grow straight and not crooked, so from the beginning must their habits be carefully 5attended to.

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard

Now let us plant the seedlings straight; Pleasing to the gods are the ways that are not crooked.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson

They are tall, slim Trees, not crooked old things like you.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories by Patten, William