straight

Example Sentences

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He flew to New York City straight from the Sundance Film Festival, where he premiered two films, “The Moment” and “Wicker,” and immediately jumped into a whirlwind of sketch pitches.

From Los Angeles Times

You’ve probably never heard of this movie because it went straight from festivals to video, released in the U.S. under the entirely ignorable title “Summer Fling.”

From Salon

England go into the game as overwhelming favourites given they are on a run of 11 straight wins -- a sequence that includes a record 68-14 thrashing of Wales in Cardiff in March last year.

From Barron's

The other wall had a giant rainbow-colored papier-mâché hand, its pointer finger sticking straight out and beneath it the words You Belong scrawled in loopy neon letters.

From Literature

The score depended on which foot alignment either side had preselected—“crooked” or “straight.”

From Literature