strait-laced
Example Sentences
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"Next to the vomiting, gurning, maniacally grinning Keaton, she can’t help but seem a little bland and strait-laced."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
Singapore was once known as an affluent and strait-laced city-state.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
Last year, they were the strait-laced girl who had detailed notes, flash cards and pens for the borrowing; this year, the burnout who shows up at the end and aces the final?
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
You’ve seen a lot of strait-laced overachievers learn to lighten up and cut loose on-screen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Haupt and Wergin had grown up in "strait-laced families," and this was the greatest adventure of their lives.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
