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on the straight and nar·row

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the straight and narrow in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the straight and narrow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of on the straight and narrow in a Sentence

  1. Jillian Lauren:

    I am a witness to the fact that The Playboy Sultan was drinking, was committing adultery, was not exactly living on the straight and narrow.

  2. David Safavian:

    Finding meaningful work is the single most important factor in keeping an ex-offender on the straight and narrow.

  3. Brian Powell:

    Because he was real big on trying to talk to youth. And mentoring young people as well. He tried to get them on the straight and narrow and everything, the person who pulled the trigger, my message to them would just simply be, just step back from what Brian Powell're doing. Know the real reason that Brian Powell're protesting. Let's do it in a positive manner. We don't have to go out and loot and do all the other things.

  4. William Penn:

    There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

  5. Gordon Derrick:

    It is not just the Caribbean, it is throughout. Regardless of where The Antiguan are … there are people who are not on the straight and narrow, that does n’t mean everybody in that country is the same way.

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    A noninvasive
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