How to Use straighten in a Sentence

straighten

verb

• The drooping flowers straightened in the rain.
• He straightened the bent antenna.
• Then lift up the right leg and try to straighten it in the air.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
• The goal of a silk press is to straighten the hair with the least amount of heat.
  — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2022
• Push through the palms of your hands to straighten your arms.
  — Amy Marturana, SELF, 7 Mar. 2019
• But the car wouldn’t straighten, and the wall crept closer.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
• Take one deep breath in, and then straighten the right leg.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 26 Aug. 2020
• Then come home and have to straighten up and get ready for the next day.
  — jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• Bring the knee back and straighten your leg to return to start.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 4 Oct. 2018
• Her early job was straightening the cans on the shelves of the store.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2020
• Step your left foot back wider than your hips and straighten the leg.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 16 July 2019
• Spin the wheel to the left and keep moving to straighten out your car and put it cleanly in the space.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2022
• Ali spends his first night straightening the crooked art on the walls.
  — Amy Nicholson, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• Her mom is trying to straighten her hair the whole time.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Dec. 2021
• To do this, straighten your leg and flex your foot (heel down, toes up).
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 17 Oct. 2023
• Grasp the edge with straight arms and bend and straighten your elbows.
  — Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
• There was a lot to dust and straighten out after the long trip on dirt roads.
  — Ted Conover, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• But as the game wore on, the Cardinals got their hits to straighten up.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2022
• Press your hands into the ground on the outside of your chest, bring the head and neck up, and straighten the arms.
  — Stephanie Mansour, NBC News, 31 July 2019
• The treatment is then rinsed out and the hair gets blow-dried again, then straightened to seal it in.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 2 May 2023
• Pull your abs in and bend the knees to bring them over your head and then straighten the legs up toward the sky.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 29 Dec. 2020
• The break came at a good time for the Bears, who need to straighten out plenty of issues.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
• Then straighten your arms and lift your torso and thighs up off the mat.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 17 Jan. 2021
• Beebe made sure to straighten up her living room for the event.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• Then straighten your right arm back as if trying to hit the back of the room with the dumbbell in the right hand.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
• Phogat slipped on her hot-pink shoes and straightened her pony-tail.
  — The Economist, 25 Oct. 2019
• That left enough time to straighten up your work area before the boss got there.
  — Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
• Some people straighten out on (a) chair and go chair to chair.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 3 June 2019
• Her long hair was straightened and parted down the middle.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
• Push through your hands and straighten your arms to lift your body back to the starting position, ensuring your core stays engaged the whole time and your back stays flat.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024