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How to use the word straight in a Sentence?

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What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it… What is this liberty that must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not the freedom to do as one likes. That is the denial of liberty and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check on their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few -- as we have learned to our sorrow. What then is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias...

– Learned Hand

added by Normando
5 months ago

It looks like something straight out of Indiana Jones.

– Nathan Seastrand

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

For weeks, we would bring the nicest banana we could find in Berlin to the zoo, and she would always just straight eat it, there was some head scratching done. and we gradually figured out that it’s only brownish bananas that she peels. She never peels a beautiful yellow one.

– Michael Brecht

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It kind of reeks of a lack of leadership from the people we need leadership from, they’ve got to get their story straight.

– Matthew Tuttle

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We believe that the road to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue runs straight through the Palmetto State.

– Justin Hall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think it’s going to create a lot more imagination and a lot more creativity that used to be in the game instead of just hitting it far and straight, i do n’t know how far they’re going to go with this, but it’s going to be a really exciting change and I think it’s going to make the game a little bit better.

– Brandon Matthews

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that’s how much we were holding it together for eight years.

– Michelle Obama

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The CPI is likely to underscore the feeling that inflation pressures aren’t going to come down easily or in a straight line, the progress is going to be tougher to come by than what the trend of the past several months would have us believe.

– Greg McBride

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want. the shipping part has never been done, there’s nothing to work off – you’re really breaking new ground.

– Bruce Robertson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What they wanted was greener molecules, so instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want.

– Lee Hsien Loong

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Wow, is my head on straight still? Am I facing you?

– Willis Roberts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Great Resignation is far from over — quits surged in November, to 4.2 million, they have now been above 4 million for 18 straight months, after coming in at 3.4 million before the pandemic and averaging 2.6 million in the prior years.

– Julia Pollak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Demand in the US has collapsed, two months ago, your wait time was two or three months. Now you can get one immediately. They’re going to build more cars than they sell for a third straight quarter. It’s the definition of excess capacity.

– Gordon Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If we take off one day for a sickness, we are required to [work] 14 days straight to gain points back. That is why we are fighting tooth and nail for sick days.

– Adam McKellips

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I work for a Class 1 railroad that implemented one of the most egregious attendance policies (Hi-Viz) that requires us to be available to work 92% of the time per month, if we take off one day for a sickness, we are required to [work] 14 days straight to gain points back. That is why we are fighting tooth and nail for sick days.

– Adam McKellips

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

For any of the naysayers, we are happy to point out this is now the second straight cycle that House Republicans have picked up seats, our gains were powered by our diverse crop of candidates and that’s a huge win for our party.

– Tom Emmer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You’re like a book I hate to read, a story I want to skip through to the end. You take my soul and blow me straight into hell. I’m high on wigged out poems, short shorts that don’t stop. Am I dead? I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S REAL! What about you?

– Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
1 year ago

I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me on Election Day and all those who volunteered with our campaign to get the word out. For those of you who did not vote for me, my door is always open and you'll find me to have an open ear, open mind, and shoot straight when we disagree.

– Ryan Zinke

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm incredibly grateful to the people of Western Montana for once again placing their trust in me to fight for them in Washington, D.C. The voters saw through the vicious lies and deceit of my opponent and radical political groups, i'd like to thank everyone who voted for me on Election Day and all those who volunteered with our campaign to get the word out. For those of you who did not vote for me, my door is always open and you'll find me to have an open ear, open mind, and shoot straight when we disagree.

– Ryan Zinke

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s disgusting that Joe O’Dea and his campaign are endorsing this tactic. Taking aim at a candidate’s wife is straight out of the Donald Trump playbook.

– The Bennet campaign

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We must draw the straight lines that connect violent political rhetoric and violent acts, the Pelosi assailant’s Facebook page looks identical to the Facebook pages of Trump, [Georgia Rep. Marjorie] Taylor Greene, and [Colorado Rep. Lauren] Boebert. All three of them have glorified violence and [David] Depape acted on it.

– Eric Swalwell

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We've got the drugs, the methamphetamine, the fentanyl coming straight up I-25 into Colorado for those drugs that get through the border down here. talking to the law enforcement in Colorado, they're overwhelmed. They need help at the border. We've got to choke down the supply on this fentanyl, on methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, all of that. They need help with the supply and so we've got to get this border under control and restore some law and order.

– Colorado Senate

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Senate Republicans must join us to immediately pass this urgent, necessary, House-passed legislation and send it straight to President Biden’s desk.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look forward to quickly setting the record straight.

– Matt Araiza

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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