as in wet blanket
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Recent Examples of straight arrow
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.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
Thirty-year-old Julio (Estrada), a straight arrow who works at a nonprofit for former gang members, still lives with his mom (Laura Patalano) and grandma (Julia Vera) in the South Central L.A. home where he was raised.
—Time, 12 Oct. 2022
Yoon-tak is a straight arrow kind of kid.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
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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.
—Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
Thirty-year-old Julio (Estrada), a straight arrow who works at a nonprofit for former gang members, still lives with his mom (Laura Patalano) and grandma (Julia Vera) in the South Central L.A. home where he was raised.
—Time, 12 Oct. 2022
Yoon-tak is a straight arrow kind of kid.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straight arrow
Noun
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Regardless, the new hard-line stance on playing time was a wet blanket tossed onto an overachieving team.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Both dynamics are pretty well-worn from the first four seasons of the series, and there isn't much value to turning both Hopper and Joyce into wet blankets at this moment of ultimate crisis.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the prudes among us might need hand fans.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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To that, Combs and his team basically assert the feds are simply prudes with subpoena powers.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 May 2025
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“Straight arrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straight%20arrow. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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