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How to use straighten up in a sentence

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Having shrunken back in fear, Anna now found the strength to straighten up again and hold her head high.
I am nudging five-foot-ten, assuming you can get me to straighten up and stop slouching for a minute.
After gulping the orange juice down while leaning against the counter, I straighten up, rinse my glass and begin to head towards the hallway.
You had better straighten up right this minute or you'll go to bed without dinner.
I grasped his muscular arms and tried to stand upright, but as I began to straighten up, I felt dizzy again, and everything went black.
It is amusing to see that pedestrians would rather make a long detour to avoid the clutter than straighten up the mess.
If I attempt to straighten up, I'm going find myself running out of a flat surface to do it on.
I straighten up, contracting my abs and arching my back to bring the spinal erectors into play.
It is said to have swung left alongside the Goole turn-off, failed to straighten up and ended in the field.
The blow to his head must have concussed him, for he saw two middle-aged women straighten up and walk briskly to the I.V. unit.
The agent made it to his feet and tried to straighten up, fumbling with the trigger on his laser gun.
It would start off tilted at an angle and would gradually straighten up as the glasses filled.
We can decide to straighten up at any time, but as soon as we start thinking about something else, our body adopts its usual slouchy mode.
During the return, I straighten up by pulling my shoulders back and arching my spine to contract the spinal erectors and glutes.
The poppies and clarkias began to straighten up, and the smaller shrubs saw the sunlight again.
He had tried to straighten up, but over-steered, which led him to lose control and collide with the tree on the other side of the road.
He couldn't take a deep breath, couldn't straighten up or move.
For example, we learnt the safe way to take a bend and how to straighten up after skidding over a slippery surface.
If you are not worshiping in spirit and truth at this moment, I urge you to straighten up your mindset.
You should straighten up your mind from the moment you depart, and as you get closer to the place, you should be even more careful.
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I live for nothing, and I straighten up the accent of the prettiest English lips.
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