How to Use straighten out in a Sentence
straighten out
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Testers found that the hose did kink a bit, but the kinks straightened out quickly.
—Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
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How to Do It: Start by sitting on the ground with both legs straightened out in front of you.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 12 May 2023
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Step up by squeezing the quad tightly to straighten out the front knee.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
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Squeeze your shoulder blades together to straighten out your spine, pulling the slack out of the bar.
—Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
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The eyepiece then magnifies the light and straightens out the image for the viewer.
—Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
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And then, just as the match seemed to be slipping away thanks in part to a slew of unforced errors, Gauff straightened out her strokes and pulled away.
—Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
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This device comes with a round brush and paddle brush for adding volume and straightening out any kinks.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 Nov. 2023
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Still, the calendar won’t wait for Smith to get things completely straightened out.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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Clothing steamers, on the other hand, are a more user-friendly way to straighten out your wardrobe.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
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Don't worry about straightening out the creases—the crinkling effect of the fabric just adds to the relaxed vibe of summer.
—Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 22 Apr. 2023
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Plus, the cleaner even straightened out the pool’s liner a bit in the process, an unexpected benefit.
—Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
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The city needs to straighten out its spending priorities.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
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The hose straightened out nicely when unpackaged and didn’t kink during testing.
—Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
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Twisted, warped, or bent sheet metal is difficult to straighten out.
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
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There's enough starch in the shock and spring rates to keep weight transfer out of the drama zone, allowing the Passat to straighten out snaky stretches with higher-than-average zeal.
—Tony Swan, Car and Driver, 3 June 2023
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The Tigers will hope Skubal can use the final month or so of the season to straighten out that issue and help contribute to what should be a strong rotation in 2024 with Casey Mize gearing up for a comeback.
—Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2023
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But if this overtime business isn’t straightened out by June, voters may have second thoughts in November.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
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There was a little bit of a learning curve to get used to the settings and the whole riding experience, but nothing that a couple of mowing sessions didn’t straighten out.
—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
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The Morrises had repeatedly attempted to straighten out the matter and had even sent copies of the death certificate to the company.
—Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
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The video released Monday shows the Chinese ship cutting across the course of the American one, then straightening out to start sailing in a parallel direction.
—David Rising, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2023
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The order was later released and the two straightened out their legal entanglements and custody issues.
—Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
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At the beginning of Season 1, an abusive partner is straightened out before Reacher has even uttered a word: Reacher just has to stand in a diner parking lot and stare at him.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2024
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The move is the administration’s latest attempt to straighten out a process that has been marred by errors after student loan payments restarted in October.
—Collin Binkley, Twin Cities, 5 Jan. 2024
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After clocking a time of 13.23 in the semifinals earlier Friday, McCormick straightened out some minor technical things for the final.
—oregonlive, 7 July 2023
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So much of that crucially hinges on straightening out the ops center, a small but vital operation that is responsible for all train movement on the subway system.
—Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
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But the company could also straighten out its books by going to the reinsurance market, or applying for rate increases and transparently pleading its case to the Department of Insurance.
—Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
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The accounting issues were eventually straightened out.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
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