as in wet blanket
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Recent Examples of straight arrow
There’s often some kind of hitch, but still, most agents are straight arrows who play by the book.
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Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
Purdy was such a straight arrow as a kid, his worst transgressions were playing doorbell ditch, Patchett said.
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Julia Prodis Sulek,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2024
David, the straight arrow of the two, is played by Eisenberg in a baseball cap as a vintage Jesse character — earnest and uptight, with a compressed delivery that expresses his nervous nature, yet this is no millennial Woody Allen caricature.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2024
Progress did not proceed in a straight arrow from bad times then to good times now.
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Diana Gitig,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2023
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Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
Purdy was such a straight arrow as a kid, his worst transgressions were playing doorbell ditch, Patchett said.
—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2024
David, the straight arrow of the two, is played by Eisenberg in a baseball cap as a vintage Jesse character — earnest and uptight, with a compressed delivery that expresses his nervous nature, yet this is no millennial Woody Allen caricature.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2024
Progress did not proceed in a straight arrow from bad times then to good times now.
—
Diana Gitig,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2023
See All Example Sentences for straight arrow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for straight arrow
Noun
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But the rivalry between these teams runs deep, and the Penguins tried hard to throw a wet blanket on the Capitals' playoff hopes and Ovechkin's big day.
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Regardless, the new hard-line stance on playing time was a wet blanket tossed onto an overachieving team.
Noun
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Martha didn’t want to be a prude.
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In fact, the prudes among us might need hand fans.
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“Straight arrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straight%20arrow. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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