straight
Example Sentences
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I’ve been stuck with sandy feet for ten straight hours, and it’s not pleasant— even though six of those hours were spent half-asleep on an overnight flight.
From Literature
It was a good stick: straight and thick and so smooth it might have been polished, except for one little pointed bump in the middle.
From Literature
For a long time, however, laboratory models treated blood vessels as straight, uniform tubes.
From Science Daily
In addition to the ninth straight year-over-year decline in sales, it marked the 10th miss over the past 11 quarters.
From MarketWatch
On Wednesday, Kraft Heinz reported a drop in sales for the ninth straight quarter, with revenue falling 3.4% to $6.35 billion for the three months ended Dec. 27.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
