How to Use straightaway in a Sentence

straightaway

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• There’s a short porch in straightaway right and left. ...
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2023
• Grandal drove a full-count fastball from Lynn over the wall in straightaway center field with two outs in the first inning.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 23 May 2017
• With three on in the fifth inning, the Phillies’ Carlos Santana drove a deep fly ball to straightaway center field.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 7 May 2018
• Alfaro lined a two-run double in the fourth inning to open a 4-0 lead and crushed a solo homer to straightaway center field in the sixth.
  — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• That’s when, in his GCL debut, Moreno ripped two home runs, including a no-doubter to straightaway center field.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• Almost 80% of the straightaway businesses are female-owned and 90% of the businesses are Black-owned.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
• Tellez hit a two-run homer deep into the home run porch down the right-field line with one out in the first off Nick Martinez, and Brosseau had a leadoff shot to straightaway center in the fifth.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2023
• Or that Heyward’s only at-bat had been a scorching blast to straightaway center.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Trailing by five runs in the eighth inning, Lavarnway blasted a 428-foot, two-run homer to straightaway center field.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 20 July 2019
• The run started when Jose Padilla cashed a left wing 3-pointer and ended when Tyler Randall swished a straightaway long ball.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• In the ninth Chisholm parked his second homer in as many nights to straightaway center to put the finishing touches yet again on a victory.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• Hosmer lined a ball to straightaway center field that Juan Lagares overran coming in and had to reach backward while leaping to make the catch.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
• There were 80 businesses that applied to the straightaway program.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
• The lone offense of the afternoon came on solo home runs to straightaway center field from Ramón Urías in the third inning and Gunnar Henderson in the ninth.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2023
• The Cubs racked up four hits against the right-hander in the second with the first, a leadoff double by Dansby Swanson, a ball that Wiemer ran down in straightaway center field but failed to glove.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2023
• Starling Marte then gives the ball a ride to straightaway center but Garrett Mitchell camps under it just shy of the warning track to give Peralta his first out of the 2023 season.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
• Two innings later, Walsh knocked a solo shot to straightaway center, extending the lead.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
• At the plate Another run came in the fourth inning, as Rogers clobbered left-hander Ben Bowden's changeup down the middle of the strike zone for a 422-foot home run to straightaway center field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2023
• Mountcastle hit a solo home run to straightaway center field in Monday’s one-run victory and reached base four times, going 2-for-2 with two walks, in Tuesday’s loss.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
• Carpenter locked in but robbed In the second inning, Kiermaier robbed Kerry Carpenter of a solo home run to straightaway center field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Apr. 2023
• Anything straightaway center, line drive, could potentially be a triple.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
• Anthony Rizzo followed with a sharp single and Stanton launched a 485-foot drive to nearly straightaway center field that soared way over the tinted restaurant windows above Monument Park.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• Form real relationships with the goal of helping others around you rather than attempting to extract value from a community straightaway.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2023
• There’s a short porch in straightaway right and left. ...
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2023
• Grandal drove a full-count fastball from Lynn over the wall in straightaway center field with two outs in the first inning.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 23 May 2017
• With three on in the fifth inning, the Phillies’ Carlos Santana drove a deep fly ball to straightaway center field.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 7 May 2018
• Alfaro lined a two-run double in the fourth inning to open a 4-0 lead and crushed a solo homer to straightaway center field in the sixth.
  — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• That’s when, in his GCL debut, Moreno ripped two home runs, including a no-doubter to straightaway center field.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• Almost 80% of the straightaway businesses are female-owned and 90% of the businesses are Black-owned.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
• Tellez hit a two-run homer deep into the home run porch down the right-field line with one out in the first off Nick Martinez, and Brosseau had a leadoff shot to straightaway center in the fifth.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2023

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straightaway

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• Keller’s blast to straightaway center tied it in the third.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 30 Apr. 2021
• From a few feet in front of the crease, Whitehead tips in Svozil’s straightaway near the blue line.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
• Of the last 25 races at Los Alamitos, 23 have been straightaway events.
  — John Cherwa Special Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
• The cars sounded the loudest at the green flag at the start and finish, when all 40 cars were full blast on the straightaway.
  — Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
• At that first staff meeting, the new boss addressed the tension in the room straightaway.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
• But that is where her wheel clipped that of Australia’s Saya Sakakibara, in the lead along the third straightaway.
  — New York Times, 30 July 2021
• A couple of turns there lead to the big right turn onto the long straightaway of Fourth Avenue.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• The speeds are expected to reach 185 mph on that long straightaway.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2021
• There’s long straightaways and good, hard braking zones, and that’s where our bike shines right now.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
• The Phillies took a 2-0 lead in the third when McCutchen drove a two-run shot out to straightaway center for his third homer.
  — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
• Later, with the Sox still clinging to a 9-8 lead in the top of the ninth, Austin Meadows smashed a ball to straightaway center.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021
• There were enough turns and straightaways on our quick jaunt to get some sense of how madcap bonkers the Sapphire is.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
• This tipped his car into a spin, at roughly 200 mph, along the front straightaway.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
• The track is flat on the straightaways, with gentle 9.2-degree banking in its four turns.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2023
• Kole Calhoun was on second base with two outs when Marte hit the high drive to straightaway right.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• Reynolds connected on a long home run to straightaway center field in the eighth.
  — David Smale, Star Tribune, 31 May 2021
• India thumped a two-run homer to straightaway center field for his 20th home run of the season.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
• The zipper didn’t lock right away, so Jordan had to secure it while on a straightaway.
  — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022
• Southerland caught Farley and appeared poised to run by her on the straightaway.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
• Saturday, an off day, is the F1 race on a 3.8-mile circuit that includes a straightaway on The Strip.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
• Then, Alfaro put the Padres ahead 3-0 with a ground-rule double to straightaway center field.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2022
• Happ also gave up Manuel Margot’s two-run homer to straightaway center with one out in the third for a 5-1 lead.
  — Bernie Wilson, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• When Lyles hit the straightaway, two body lengths separated him and Bednarek in Lane 5.
  — Eddie Pells, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
• There is an endless straightaway early on and a couple of sneaky-hard hills toward the end that will test the brain as much as the legs.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• Harden turns it over, and Lillard hits a straightaway three-pointer to cut the Rockets lead to 61-56.
  — oregonlive, 26 Dec. 2020
• There were two outs in the first when Alvarez connected on a shot to straightaway center field to make it 1-0.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 16 Sep. 2022
• Then in the second with a runner on second, Austin Hays crushed a ball to straightaway center.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022
• Footage of the landing shows the pilot touched down on a straightaway, just before the interstate bends left.
  — Rick Rouan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
• Smoak hit a two-run home run to straightaway center field that Keon Broxton had a bead on but just missed pulling back with a leap at the wall.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2020
• The Carousel goes down from Turn 4 through Turns 5 and 6 before leading into the course’s longest straightaway and the Turn 7 hairpin.
  — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 6 June 2021

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