How to Use straighten in a Sentence

straighten

verb
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  • The drooping flowers straightened in the rain.
  • He straightened the bent antenna.
  • The goal of a silk press is to straighten the hair with the least amount of heat.
    — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But the car wouldn’t straighten, and the wall crept closer.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • But as the game wore on, the Cardinals got their hits to straighten up.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • That left enough time to straighten up your work area before the boss got there.
    — Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
  • If your car fails to straighten out, put it in neutral to try to slow down the movement.
    — Time, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Bend the knee to release some of the tension, and then straighten again against the resistance.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The hamstrings bend our knees, straighten our thighs, and help to rotate our legs when the knee is bent.
    — Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2022
  • With a bit of luck, perhaps the supply chain could straighten by the middle of next year.
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • To straighten and flatten a bent bar, lay it across the anvil at an angle.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
  • This way, the curling iron can also be used to straighten hair.
    — Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2022
  • Standing up, straighten out one leg, and bend the other knee.
    — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 3 May 2022
  • It can be used without a cord, but the battery life is too short to straighten my whole head of hair.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • The vaulter jumps high into the air and pulls himself into a handstand as the pole starts to straighten.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2021
  • For the event, Roszak straightened Saldaña's short cut, styled it with a middle part, and bumped the ends inward.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 July 2023
  • Push through the palms of your hands to straighten your arms and lift both palms off the ground several inches.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Next, straighten the hair with a flat iron and cut its ends to create a pointed shape.
    — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 June 2022
  • Place right hand on the ground to straighten elbow, followed by the left hand to get back into a high plank.
    — Tiffany Ayuda, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Be prepared to straighten the piece every once in a while.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Finding the right plastic surgeon to tweak Wise’s lips and cheeks and straighten his nose was tougher.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2022
  • And yet, when life throws us a curveball, our default is to straighten our backs, grit our teeth and press on.
    — Jeannine Amber, Essence, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Then, straighten your arms and push your body back up to the starting position.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Give him a couple more weeks to straighten himself out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Then, still standing on the left leg, straighten the right leg out in front, hinging slightly at the hip.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021

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