straightness

Example Sentences

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In a city where I once performed straightness and monogamy, I’m finally choosing what feels good — with her, her wife and the queer community that keeps unfolding around me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

Or, was "SNL" presenting queerness with the same banality as we’ve come to see straightness, albeit with the use of a somewhat dehumanizing pun?

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

But the Egyptians imported conifers—which builders often preferred for their straightness and strength—from Lebanon and Syria.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023

Neatness, tidiness and straightness will be among judges' criteria at the Irish National Ploughing Championships, which opened at Ratheniska, in County Laois, on Tuesday.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022

The straightness of the way, the swish of traffic, the unbroken speed are hypnotic, and while the miles peel off an imperceptible exhaustion sets in.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck