How to Use straighten out in a Sentence

straighten out

phrasal verb

• Testers found that the hose did kink a bit, but the kinks straightened out quickly.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• 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
• Step up by squeezing the quad tightly to straighten out the front knee.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The eyepiece then magnifies the light and straightens out the image for the viewer.
  — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
• 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
• Keep in Mind The water hose arrived coiled and wanted to retain its shape rather than straighten out.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2024
• This device comes with a round brush and paddle brush for adding volume and straightening out any kinks.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 Nov. 2023
• Still, the calendar won’t wait for Smith to get things completely straightened out.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The city needs to straighten out its spending priorities.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• The hose straightened out nicely when unpackaged and didn’t kink during testing.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• Twisted, warped, or bent sheet metal is difficult to straighten out.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The order was later released and the two straightened out their legal entanglements and custody issues.
  — Jevon Phillips, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• This transit is great for straightening out the facts, but also useful for uncovering revenue streams that can increase your net worth.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Many people now aren't getting the actual tax refund money they're owed — or the extra refund cash from the wrongly claimed tax credits — until things are straightened out, as the IRS has flagged questionable returns.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The accounting issues were eventually straightened out.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024