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    1. and began to unbend, began to straighten and stand, she saw with horror that he, for it


    2. On the ground the shape seemed almost frail, as though it could not carry the burden of terror that forever dogged its tracks, but as Lucy moved closer, as the figure gathered its limbs together and began to unbend, began to straighten and stand, she saw with horror that he, for it must be masculine, was tall and thick set and lithe, as if he were a wolf or a hunting cat


    3. When he didn't think anything was nearby he would straighten his legs to stretch them


    4. Let's see if we can straighten out some of these facts


    5. Still holding your toes straighten your back and at the same


    6. When the impulse to inhale appears do so and at the same time straighten up again


    7. When the impulse to inhale appears do so while straighten


    8. a few moments and then slowly straighten up


    9. So perform this hopping off the ground three or four times and then straighten up for a rest


    10. Proceed from the position in figure 26, but this time straighten your legs while keeping your feet against the wall

    11. Remain thus for a few seconds only and then straighten up immediately


    12. I straighten my shoulders and smile, if nervously, and step into the house


    13. He can see how tired I am and, with an understanding smile, helps me straighten the bedding


    14. The girls appeared to calm down and straighten up


    15. I always end up virtually buried inside the cover trying to straighten out the duvet so that it isn’t all clumped up in one corner


    16. He tries to straighten himself up so that he can move away from the hatch but the door to the office is already open


    17. "Where in the heck, did that storm come from?" She asked turning to the mirror, to straighten her hair


    18. can straighten what he has made


    19. Actually, he said she'd moved the other three, and that at some time in the future, they would actually brake or straighten themselves


    20. It hurt to straighten up, but I couldn’t lie down, either

    21. He unchained Nerissa from the trough, and since she couldn’t straighten, let alone walk, he dragged her back inside the ewe shed


    22. Then, trying to remember it as he was forced to straighten up somewhat, he took his cock in hand and stabbed at the place where the hole should have been


    23. Three heads straighten up and three sets of eyes light up


    24. Esther tried to straighten them but in vain, Nathan just kept on jiggling


    25. I rubbed my forehead with my free hand, trying to straighten out my brain, trying to rub out the thoughts that should not be there, they needed to disappear


    26. At that exact moment a nurse came into the room to straighten up the exercise mats or something and he felt kind of rude about that


    27. Frank felt the shock of the man’s words tighten in his guts and a surge of adrenaline straighten his back


    28. A drink would straighten him right out, but he already knew there wasn’t a drop left in the whole house, not even the bottle he’d had right there on the nightstand


    29. Lower, somewhere within, near her navel, there was another hot spot that radiated fire of such intensity when she tried to straighten that it could mean she was hemorrhaging internally


    30. “What did I do? I did what I could to straighten the mess and got out of there before they discovered anything

    31. It took her a few moments to straighten up again


    32. You could almost see the tree straighten and grow


    33. You can fix the bugs when we get back to Earth, and it won’t take us long to straighten out the furniture and get things tidy


    34. She did not comply, but rather stood there, trying to straighten out her back, sore from all the walking with her hands tied so uncomfortably


    35. I straighten, so tense my teeth are almost chattering


    36. Instinct makes me straighten up and search the room for a blunt object


    37. "When Elder Abraham went home from the church--he had stayed behind to straighten out the library books--he saw them shaking rugs in the Methodist graveyard


    38. “When our passion burns hottest, you will scoot down the bed, straighten one of my legs, and carefully roll us over to that side, being sure that my leg is not trapped beneath you


    39. straighten out something or another with their health


    40. Walter Thompson and Kincaid Advertising I was asked by my father to come home to straighten out the outdoor division he owned and restore it to profitability? And why after a couple of years, when that was done, did my father hire professional managers to run the company and move me into his broadcasting company? And after the outdoor division had slipped back into a loss situation, five years later, why was I asked to either take back its management or find another job? Was it because my father and I differed on which direction it should go? It was not easy to come to blows in the office and try to act like nothing had happened sitting around the dinner table at night

    41. Everyone made an effort to straighten up as Moshe had


    42. straighten his rumpled clothes


    43. to straighten up as Moshe had


    44. He saw the figure stop, straighten and gaze upwards at his window


    45. 11 Behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years and she was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up


    46. When the tapping continued, he tried to straighten from the foetal position he was in to see what it might be


    47. 40 And when Jesus was teaching on the Sabbath Day in one of the synagogues there was there a woman who had a spirit of disease eighteen years; and she was bowed down and could not straighten herself at all; And Jesus saw her and called her and said to her Woman be loosened from your disease; And he put his hand on her; and immediately she was straightened and praised God; And the chief of the synagogue answered with anger because Jesus had healed on a Sabbath and said to the multitudes There are six days in which work ought to be done; come in them and be healed and not on the Sabbath Day; But Jesus answered and said to him you hypocrites does not each of you on the Sabbath Day loose his ox or his ass from the manger and go and water ite Ought not this woman who is a daughter of Abraham and whom the devil has bound eighteen years to be loosened from this bond on the Sabbath Daye And when he said this they were all put to shame those standing who were opposing him and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded from his hand


    48. He was able to straighten in a few minutes, but still laughed, pointing at Sheila as her rage sent him into fresh gales of mirth


    49. "Thank God I got rid of him before this affair!" The Chief Engineer at B E: "We tried to straighten him out but he always had to shoot off his big mouth!" His mother cried to his father, "Where did we go wrong? Tommy never troubled us this much


    50. If he didn't straighten out his thinking he'd end up one of those poor jerks who puts a gun to his head, merely on account of being dumped by a self-centered shrew










































    1. Sam was not sure he really wanted the ball, but he got up from the sofa and straightened himself out


    2. He had been hunched over, trying to make himself smaller when he had gone into the room, and now he straightened up and gave a small wave to everyone


    3. Tahlmute agreed to pay doostEr for his wasted time, and promised he would get this straightened out


    4. On the arm of his Moor, the old man straightened his cuffs, walked to the


    5. Theo straightened his suit, adjusted his cuff-links


    6. Then she straightened up again and looked directly at Melinda


    7. MacKenzie straightened his shoulders, breathing hard as he spoke


    8. As he walked Danton straightened himself up, pulling his shoulder blades back to relieve the tension that he felt tightening at the base of his neck


    9. my washed hair would then be straightened, then the clothes hair and the rest of our body


    10. The second ambushee lay on the ground, groaning and semi-conscious, his attacker straightened himself and turned to Kara

    11. She hastily straightened her saree and


    12. It was probably good that she was back there with Alan, just the two of them, maybe they can get something straightened out


    13. Alessandra straightened her back, took his face in her hands and planted a kiss on his forehead


    14. After a while, he straightened his back, coughed a special postman's cough, then when he was ready, looked up, peered over the rim of his glasses and winced


    15. After some concentrated breathing, I straightened my back to begin the slow dance


    16. He straightened his long coat, checked the knot at his waist, and smoothed back his long mane


    17. Altera straightened herself and took a deep breath, “Yes my Queen, there is still one more piece of garbage to dispose of


    18. ‘Yes, you’ve straightened that out nicely, Dave


    19. The witch straightened, ‘You’ll have to ask those


    20. This decided, she straightened her clothing up and set off along the path back to the barracks as though nothing had happened

    21. Kassim straightened as he peered into the forests


    22. ' Out of curiosity he straightened his shoulders and told himself to hold them there


    23. It was tidy and clean – obviously Chrissie had straightened it up after Kev left


    24. He knocked on the door and straightened up the pages in his hand before going into the room


    25. She straightened the few errant tresses around her carefully brushed hair and greeted them


    26. They straightened and came round the side where Harry waited


    27. Route 1 straightened for a


    28. " It was looming over her now, straightened her arm out a little bit


    29. that he straightened his aching legs and staggered over to


    30. help but do so, since Nerissa straightened painfully and turned that side to them

    31. Nerissa straightened up as best she could, then hurried toward Polis


    32. At that the straightened himself and moved his eyeballs in


    33. The next day, she fixed the house’s shutters, straightened all the clutter from the yard,


    34. He straightened up and felt the realisation hit home – had something happened to him too? Normally his father led the platoon on his majestic steed and would have been the first one to enter the plain


    35. The nurse straightened her bed and left her a nice cup of hot tea


    36. "We won't have time to say goodbye later," he choked out as he straightened


    37. neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow


    38. As he did, I arose, straightened my clothing and started to place my hair on top of my head


    39. When he straightened back up, he cupped her face in his hands


    40. He straightened and grinned at his Father as Joseph neared him

    41. She clung on to him until he straightened and turned on the torch in his hand


    42. He caught it, straightened it, then looked at the remaining bolsters


    43. Now, I straightened linen covers and looked around at the love and care Joseph put into this room


    44. “Guess we"d better be grownups again?” She straightened her robe, then bent to hit an insect on her ankle


    45. She straightened, opened her arms to her children and hugged them tightly


    46. ” Pamela dried her eyes again and straightened up


    47. straightened out and looked at the security guard, who looked surprised and confused


    48. He stood silently while all three women looked at him as if he were a complete fool, before he bowed deeply; flourishing his Guardian cloak that - he was certain - would be hiding part of his form, because at that moment he did not want to be seen! The women nodded when he straightened; Jean’s expression was hurt as she passed by him


    49. There came a knock on the door and Khan stood up quickly, took his glasses off and straightened his hair


    50. As she straightened, his snowball was already in the air












































    1. ’ He replied, straightening his back and glaring at me as though I have insulted him


    2. ‘Any trouble with yobs where you live?’ he asked, straightening up and starting to walk towards the house


    3. Between the two of them, they manoeuvred her between the covers, Angie fussing over straightening the sheet and patting the pillows


    4. ’ Gilla said, straightening the covers and tidying the bed generally


    5. Practice this exercise every day and you will soon notice a marked improvement in your posture and a new feeling of freedom from backache and a new feeling of lightness as your straightening spine allows your lungs to take in more oxygen


    6. head and arms by straightening your legs with your heels off the


    7. Raise yourself on to your toes but without straightening your legs


    8. The bending forward and straightening movements help to relieve constipation, and as you know by now, anything that is an enemy of constipation is a friend of the body


    9. At the turning area in the light from an old van and a single bulb in a shed, fifteen or so fishermen crunch on the gravel, concentrating hard whilst straightening coloured nets and winding spiky lines around their baskets with bare hands


    10. ’ He said, straightening up

    11. With their feet just wider than shoulder width apart, they raised the lever poles of the diggers, straightening their arms above their heads and in a single motion: both lowered their hands and with straight backs, lowered themselves by dropping into a very controlled near squat, almost a horse stance


    12. straightening the sheets of his bed, as if he could erase the event that had taken


    13. " She replied straightening up


    14. " she shot back, straightening herself to rest against her feet


    15. "Sorry," Brice said, straightening his cape and massaging his shoulder from where the dwarf had collided with him


    16. perspective of straightening the situation


    17. She sat, straightening her skirt as she lowered herself into the leather desk chair


    18. They were straightening up now as whatever they had hooked came closer to the top edge of the well and all the strain was now on their arms


    19. Solid slabs of limestone, ten feet thick at the base rising at a slope out of the ground and then straightening and shooting straight up to sixty feet above their heads


    20. He rotated his wrist, bending and straightening the joint in an effort to keep some of the flexibility regardless of his scabs

    21. ” That gets the buyer on the side of the seller because the seller is the one at fault, who needs the buyer’s help in straightening out the issue so they can move on to the close


    22. Straightening his cap, Uncle Hobart threw me an injured look


    23. "Well thanks a lot, Uncle Hobart," I answered, my shoulders straightening in pleasure


    24. "It's a gas plant, ain't it?" Straightening up, he nodded at a large drum


    25. That was okay: with the entire operation on hold anyhow, straightening him out could wait


    26. “It’s okay, I’ve got it now,” Troy shouted, straightening the boat so it was headed for the mainland


    27. Hilderich opened his mouth wide in what seemed a mock expression of shock before he composed himself once more, straightening up and saying in what seemed to be his formal tone:


    28. Straightening in his chair, he opened up the channel, and heard a voice calling


    29. Straightening up he looked upon the Mother of all and said, “There are


    30. It’s not an easy life, especially for someone like you, I would imagine,” Father Likembe said, clearing his throat and straightening his back at the same time

    31. A young man was on the deck, straightening the folds of a net that was piled haphazardly in the waist of the boat


    32. Straightening against the back of his chair and riveting Nick with a serene gaze, “In nineteen and feefty, Almozt zirty yearce ago,” He said it as though he expected the question and he pointed his finger upward as he said it


    33. straightening his crisp white shirt collar as he cleared his throat


    34. straightening out one of our therapists


    35. “Hey, Cat,” Martin said, straightening up from taking the shot


    36. Only the tobacco plants lived carelessly, growing quickly, straightening


    37. Straightening up, he felt he was being watched even though all the drama and activity was taking place over at the church


    38. ” She sat back down on the edge of the bed, Summoned a brush, and began straightening the bed-tangles out of her hair


    39. throats and straightening up, the room grumbling with a sudden


    40. back, straightening me so that my torso could be exposed again

    41. straightening into the space at the ends of their bunks, hands


    42. We better get in there!” and with that he got up and straightening his chair


    43. She drummed her fingers for awhile, straightening her thoughts and getting up her nerve


    44. She was madly straightening her dirty T-shirt, trying to comb the loose hair out of her face


    45. Straightening her back and changing her facial features to the


    46. At a side the most wrinkled elder I’ve ever seen, sitting behind a table, was looking at me over his glasses that were straightening up suspended in the top of his nose


    47. He saw me approaching, pulled a worried frown and busied himself with an unnecessary straightening of brochures


    48. It was straightening up even more unlucky, more diabolical and more baneful than when I saw it at the full light of the day


    49. As he was straightening up on the way through, she hit him on


    50. toward him, straightening with the grace of a preternatural dancer












































    1. Vera pours out a beer and straightens herself up, raising her nose in the air


    2. This Yoga Pose straightens the spine, slows the metabolism, relaxes your body and still the mind and prepares your body for the different asana


    3. He stubs out his cigarette, straightens up, squints at the convoy, sees something that alarms him


    4. He SHOUTS, his sleeping comrade jumps up, straightens his uniform and the pair snap to attention just as the convoy arrives, its fluttering Arababian flags indicating a royal motorcade


    5. He straightens and leads Helen towards the front door of the farmhouse


    6. As he straightens the car and looks up and out of the windscreen he sees a body in the lane, a live body where there should only be grass and weeds


    7. He has an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of his stomach, as though lidless eyes are staring at him as he straightens up and turns to face the barns


    8. He straightens up and invites me to join him at his desk again


    9. He curses beneath his breath, straightens his underwear and one of his eyes manages to fix us with a baleful stare


    10. Hendersen’s head bows down a bit, straightens up again, and then he says:

    11. “Yes, she comes in here from time to time, straightens things up for me


    12. “But…” Al straightens, letting his hands down, and says, “Is it scored or something? When does the fight end?”


    13. His fingers spring apart, and he straightens


    14. Caleb yelps as the net curls around his body and then straightens


    15. Tobias straightens and stiffens, like someone is training a gun at his chest instead of jeering at him


    16. He straightens in the chair and puts his hands on the armrests


    17. Evelyn straightens, pats her hair, wipes her face, and says, “Come in!”


    18. ” She straightens, and when she speaks again, she sounds casual, the way she usually does


    19. Dr JJ Russoo straightens his lab coat and then anxiously flicks his hair to the side


    20. Chris got up from the bench, straightens himself out and then pulled his hand towards me

    21. The man grins and straightens his back, clearly proud of his performance


    22. When he notices me, he clicks the knob back into place and straightens up


    23. “The road’s a bit scraggly, twisting here and there to avoid valleys and cliffs, but it straightens out soon enough


    24. This idea appeals to him, he even straightens up a little


    25. A knight gives a yell, and Amy blinks and straightens


    26. ” Loki straightens and smiles mischievously


    27. The Professor frantically latches the last strap as the ship straightens


    28. She retrieves her brush and straightens the back of his hair


    29. He straightens up and looks down at me


    30. During acceleration, the rod bend increases, when it stops, the rod straightens propelling the line to where you want it to go

    31. During the forward cast, the wrist retains the “broken” position until the wrist straightens around 11:00


    32. He looks at me, his eyes sad, and then straightens out my hair


    33. He plants a quick kiss against her temple and straightens his posture as one of the guards rides up to announce that they are ready to depart


    34. Shaking her head, not wanting to deal with the implication that soon there will be even greater danger afoot, Mary straightens her posture as much as she is able to with her aching feet and back plaguing her and continues forward, hands flourishing amongst the poppies and her eyes trailing over the somewhat-small but still-vast section of the hills


    35. So when the body is nourished legally, it straightens, can a son nourished legally raise his voice (not his hand) in front of his father or mother? No, by Allah, because he was legally brought up, he tends to good even if some bad people seduced him while he is heedless; Allah made him awareness and consciousness in his heart to save him as Allah says:


    36. He straightens out the


    37. he car straightens the curve of the earth when it stretches the 7o the earth presents as the curve around


    38. He straightens up, looking into the wall, seeing a dark, massive abyss


    39. He takes his hand away from her abdomen and straightens up


    40. Simon waves away the driver, contemptuously, but when he is told that this means someone who is not a heretic, he straightens up, and asked how this happened

    41. CALUM STRAIGHTENS HIMSELF AND PUSHES PAST SHEENA, BUT TURNS ROUND AT THE


    42. An obelisk further straightens (and steepens) the


    43. He straightens up and raises his voice, to command authority


    44. The president straightens his tie


    45. Aiden pushes himself off the wall, straightens himself


    46. Hawke straightens up and steps away from the Ravens


    47. As a criminal who is being led to execution knows that he must die immediately, but yet looks about him and straightens the cap that is awry on his head, so Moscow involuntarily continued its wonted life, though it knew that the time of its destruction was near when the conditions of life to which its people were accustomed to submit would be completely upset


    48. He plays in the gutter, and straightens himself up with a revolt; his effrontery persists even in the presence of grape-shot; he was a scapegrace, he is a hero; like the little Theban, he shakes the skin from the lion; Barra the drummer-boy was a gamin of Paris; he Shouts: "Forward!" as the horse of Scripture says "Vah!" and in a moment he has passed from the small brat to the giant


    49. The wretched man tries to sit down, to lie down, to climb; every movement that he makes buries him deeper; he straightens himself up, he sinks; he feels that he is being swallowed up; he shrieks, implores, cries to the clouds, wrings his hands, grows desperate


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    Synonyms for "straighten"

    clean up neaten square away straighten straighten out tidy tidy up roll out unbend dress

    "straighten" definitions

    straighten up or out; make straight


    make straight


    get up from a sitting or slouching position


    put (things or places) in order


    straighten by unrolling


    make straight or straighter