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- verb Present participle of
straighten .
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Examples
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Thanks awfully for your help in straightening out my twisted sense of civic duty.
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When he finally gained his feet, another minute or so was consumed in straightening up, so that he could stand erect as a man should stand.
LOVE OF LIFE 2010
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Wolf Larsen was engaged in straightening out a row among the hunters.
Chapter 9 2010
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Thanks awfully for your help in straightening out my twisted sense of civic duty.
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When he finally gained his feet, another minute or so was consumed in straightening up, so that he could stand erect as a man should stand.
LOVE OF LIFE 2010
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Gore was encouraged to accept the decision for the good of the country. bush, the dumbest person I have ever seen – I don't know how he walks upright – has made a real mess of this country; now they want Gore to have fun in straightening it out!
Carville: Gore would make a great vice president...again 2008
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Fitted to the jaws as shown above, the new device registers the arrangement of the teeth and the direction of the “bite,” to guide the dentist in straightening teeth or fitting inlays, crowns, bridges, and plates.
2006 August 2006
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When he finally gained his feet, another minute or so was consumed in straightening up, so that he could stand erect as a man should stand.
Love of Life 1907
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When he finally gained his feet another minute or so was consumed in straightening up, so that he could stand erect as
Love of Life 1905
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Then it occurred to me that with the help of this new word I might succeed in straightening out the "mug-milk" difficulty.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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