straightlaced
Example Sentences
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He had hits with a guy named Roy Orbison and a straightlaced, suit-wearing young man from Texas, Willie Nelson.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026
Quirky women make for a tidy foil for more straightlaced or average characters, especially in the sitcom or cable television format.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2020
When Sarkisian arrived at Washington after seven years as a USC assistant, he inherited a moribund program that was 0-12 in 2008 under straightlaced coach Tyrone Willingham.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2015
Life-story of the straightlaced, humorless, heroic woman who made woman's suffrage inevitable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those straightlaced sensibilities have been thrilled by beauty, and bathed in the grace and glory of the life around them.
From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Timothy Titcomb
