straight
Example Sentences
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Entering the match, Djokovic had dropped 10 straight sets to Sinner.
Then I’d go straight home and my trainer would get to my place around 11 a.m. or noon.
From Los Angeles Times
Plenty of Arsenal fans I know are getting nervous and you are thinking "blimey, there are still 15 games to go"... so heaven help them when they get into the home straight.
From BBC
Palisades lost 10 of its first 13 games, including six straight while several key players recovered from injuries — but Bryant never lost faith.
From Los Angeles Times
"I heard that the wounded are sent straight back to Russia," he said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
