straight man
Example Sentences
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It is very dapper for a straight man, but it couldn't be more boring for Tan France.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
The two have the rapport of an experienced comedy pairing: Larry King’s straight man to Schwartz’s rambunctious troublemaker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
It’s now different for him to enter LGBTQ+ rooms where lesbians might read him as a straight man or gay men might not recognize him as trans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024
But he has grown into his role at “Saturday Night Live,” proving to be an especially strong straight man adept at the comedy of embarrassment.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
Mr. Wrenn, who hired you fellows, is a straight man through and through.
From Around the World in Ten Days by Fraser, Chelsea Curtis
