| 单词 | straight-laced |
| 例句 | The story is about a straight-laced, conformist boys' prep school whose harmony is disturbed when Keating arrives to teach English. Jason Sudeikis will lead stage play of 'Dead Poets Society' 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Judge voices the central character himself, a straight-laced patriarch of a Texas family struggling to maintain his values in a changing world. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Jessop is too straight-laced and buttoned down to fully be the center of a play that is essentially a meditation on paranoia. 'Bug' at Redtwist Theatre: Up-close production can't help but crawl under your skin 2011-06-02T13:06:50Z The main character, Harvey, is a straight-laced bird, who finds himself continuously thrust into the heart of bizarre yet low-stakes, adventures by his considerably less inhibited twin animal friends, Fee and Foo. 'Harvey Beaks': Sunny with a chance of bad behavior 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Albert took the throne in July 2005 after the death of his straight-laced father, who built the sleepy Mediterranean port into a tax haven for the rich and a glittering financial center. Monaco's Prince Albert to marry Charlene Wittstock 2010-06-23T12:12:00Z Did you read that New Yorker piece about how it was all made-up and it was this very straight-laced? "Oh, Britta's in this?": Gillian Jacobs on playing a WWII hero and never leaving "Community" behind 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z "Admission": Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in the story of a straight-laced college admissions officer bending the rules for an unusual teen. Highlights of Hollywood's 2013 film lineup 2013-01-09T22:46:05Z "Once upon a time, biography was a very formal, straight-laced affair," said Chernow, a Pulitzer winner in 2011 for his Washington biography. Ron Chernow receives biography award 2013-05-19T15:16:08Z This is who you want leading the resistance, someone who won't crack under pressure but his character had that secret kennel of obsession too, never as straight-laced as he first appeared. From "The Wire" to "John Wick," we trusted Lance Reddick as a voice of authority, empathy and comedy 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Griffin was an annual guest on CNN, booked to play the gaudy ying to Anderson Cooper’s straight-laced yang on its New Year’s Eve programme. Reza Aslan, Kathy Griffin and Bill Maher: TV takes offense – selectively 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z It's a bit hard to compete with that when you are a bit more straight-laced, as Richard was. Richard III: scientists announce whether skeleton is that of king – live 2013-02-04T09:46:03Z The extroverted British comedian plays a drunken playboy in the remake of the 1980s comedy "Arthur," alongside Mirren as his straight-laced and long-suffering nanny. Russell Brand says Helen Mirren wanted no respect 2011-04-14T13:27:40Z Co-star Jack Kelly played his more straight-laced brother, Bart. Actor James Garner of 'The Rockford Files' dead at 86 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Daniels was a straight-laced cop with a complicated past. "An unforgettable talent": The cast and crew of "The Wire" reflect on the legacy of Lance Reddick 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Michael Weatherly is someone who surprised me because he is on a very straight-laced show, “NCIS.” Q&A: Jane Lynch, ‘Hollywood Game Night’ 2014-01-31T23:48:54Z When the crowd is expecting his straight-laced friend to freak out, he instead accepts and starts making out with Judah on stage. The Jerry Springer Show turns 25: fistfights, fetishes and farm animals 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The series revolves around Sloane, a straight-laced corporate lackey whose world is rocked by a series of unfortunate events -- he loses his job and his wife leaves him on the same day. 'Mr. Sloane,' a dark British comedy with Southland roots, comes to KCET 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z I don't recognize these people, but still cannot look away: Cole is, by general appearances, a straight-laced Good Dad? ‘The Affair’ Season 3, Episode 8: People See What They Want to See 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z This was the pinnacle of the Summer of Love, and unlike many of his more straight-laced bandmates, Tork reveled in the excesses of the era. Monkees singer and bassist Peter Tork dead at 77 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z But the Church of Latter-Day Saints disavowed polygamy in 1904, and Ashworth's characters are banal, straight-laced, monogamous folk who also happen to be Mormons. The Friday Gospels by Jenn Ashworth – review 2013-01-18T08:30:01Z The female nude, sometimes adolescent, became a common pictorial muse, representing the hoped-for birth of a secular spirituality and a more open, less straight-laced society. LACMA's 'Expressionism in Germany and France' an edifying mix 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z In “The Big C,” she played the foul-mouthed neighbor to Laura Linney’s character, a straight-laced history teacher who is given a grim cancer prognosis. Phyllis Somerville, actor of stage and screen, dies at 76 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The two have concocted a predictable tale of culture clashes between the oddball Addams crew and the square, straight-laced Ohio family whose son wants to marry almost grown-up Wednesday. 'The Addams Family' mines macabre musical comedy 2010-04-08T23:05:00Z He’s the straight-laced, suit-wearing brother and CFO of the company who is always trying to get in his father’s good graces by doing the right thing. How to catch up with … Empire 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z A straight-laced banker, he expresses his own worldview in the movie’s second song, “The Life I Lead:” Mary Poppins Was the Original Disney Feminist 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z New six-part comedy 600 Days - a working title - is about a straight-laced young man who finds himself on the wrong side of the law. New comedy announced for BBC Three 2014-03-20T12:38:30Z People are very, very religious, and they take their religion straight-laced — they like it neat. Lucy Lawless Explains Why 'Salem' Is a New Kind of TV Horror 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Bullock freed from having to function primarily as a roguish foil for straight-laced Gordon. 'Gotham' Recap: Gordon's New Gig Brings Same Old Hassles 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Christie proved to be quite a good sport and a decent dancer, even poking fun at his own political party with the straight-laced dance, "The Republican Convention" and the much funkier "Democratic Convention." Jimmy Fallon gets Chris Christie to boogie on TV 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Tory was known as a straight-laced, button down moderate conservative — almost the polar opposite of previous Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose term was plagued by scandals involving public drinking and illegal drug use. Canada’s largest city elects first woman of color as mayor 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Case is the embittered, thick-skinned trauma survivor to Bob’s straight-laced, God-fearing lawman. Review: The hack-noir of 'God Is a Bullet' is one long slog 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Which meant bringing people to the very straight-laced Rockefeller Institute and giving them drugs. These Doctors Fought the Federal Bureau of Narcotics to Treat Addiction—With Drugs 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z He wrote: “I keep them straight-laced, not out of any respect for current fashion, but as a nod to a verse from one of the many versions of ‘St. James Infirmary Blues.’” Perspective | Need your blood pressure checked? Head to the fire station. 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The 68-year-old was known as a straight-laced, button down moderate conservative - almost the polar opposite of previous Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose term was plagued by scandals involving public drinking and illegal drug use. Toronto mayor resigns after affair with ex-staffer 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z He was always pretty straight-laced, but he just accepted 'Okay, well this is what we're doing'! Beatles' Revolver: 'It's time travel' says Giles Martin 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z His position coach called him “so, so serious,” adding that Joshua Palmer is “straight-laced” to the point where it becomes “almost too much.” With his friend's health on his mind, Joshua Palmer aiming for bigger Chargers role 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z He was straight-laced and traditional, and she was... neither of those things, to put it mildly. Lost Women of Science Podcast, Bonus Episode: The Resignation 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z But they also operate like a straight-laced government department. Loki’s first two episodes are a blast 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Isleworth Crown Court heard Jamalvatan had been "parading as a straight-laced PhD student who was looking after his auntie and mother, which couldn't be further from the truth". Grenfell survivor Sajad Jamalvatan jailed for rapes 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z A straight-laced postal detective attempts to track down its intended recipient. Movies on TV this week: 'Stand by Me' on Showtime and more 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z In “The Big C,” she played the foul-mouthed neighbor to Laura Linney's character, a straight-laced history teacher who is given a grim cancer prognosis. Phyllis Somerville, stage and screen actress, dead at 76 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z A straight-laced cop must work with a bumbling patrolman on a reality-based TV show. Movies on TV this week: April 19: Jaws; Seven Days in May 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z At that point, of course, Wilson will bid a fond adieu to Off-Season Russ, along with the rest of us, and re-assume his straight-laced alter ego: Robot Russell. What’s next? Russell Wilson’s ‘goofball’ persona remains the Seahawks’ best offseason story line 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z They were a straight-laced Homeland Security family, avoiding gatherings where they might encounter those in the country illegally. U.S. Customs officer loses job and citizenship over his Mexican birth certificate 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z "I think he's kind of a straight-laced dude who thought he could be a little naughty." Media showing 'strange new respect' for Mitt Romney after his anti-Trump Twitter account surfaces, Howard Kurtz says 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z “If you think about what was considered the straight-laced look, even the conservatives had elements of the ’70s where the collar and the lapel was a little bit bigger,” she added. Who made Eddie Murphy's 'Dolemite Is My Name' ’70s costumes? 'Black Panther' Oscar-winner Ruth Carter 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z College student Taj heads to a British university to further his studies and shows his straight-laced classmates how to party. Here are the feature and TV films airing the week of Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Both Joseph and Alex say they preferred playing the Tethered versions of themselves to the straight-laced Wilsons. ‘Us’ kids Shahadi Wright Joseph and Evan Alex on playing doppelgangers for Jordan Peele 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The organization is indeed buttoned up to Penske’s preferences, but it’s not as straight-laced as outsiders perceive. Roger Penske caps banner season with NASCAR Hall induction 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z This straight-laced approach repeated itself across the rest of the episodes I watched. HTC thinks Christians are VR’s next big audience 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z A year into the investigation, the straight-laced prosecutor is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. One year into Russia probe, Washington is rattled, uncertain 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The paper also said that too much swearing in the adaptation had "added insult to injury" and that it "should have stayed true to the celebrated author's straight-laced tone". Was changing Ordeal by Innocence right? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Conditt was smart, "straight-laced" and "definitely came off as a little intense, and it was hard for him to get along with people and make friends," said Jensen, now a freelance journalist living in Dallas. Parents shocked after son ID'd as bomber: 'We had no idea of the darkness that Mark must have been in' 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z “I’m sort of a straight-laced guy, but I like hippie culture - like, true hippie culture,” Dufrene said. Local curator talks art, disability 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z You’ve rarely seen a more straight-laced musical about the joys of letting your freak flag fly. 'The Greatest Showman' turns Hugh Jackman's P.T. Barnum into a hero, and cons the audience in the process 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Strzok may be completely innocent of everything except an offhand joke that the straight-laced Mueller deemed necessary to punish in a display of a “Caesar’s wife” sort of purity of purpose. Opinion | A special counsel needs to investigate the FBI and Justice Department. Now. 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Midler smiles, saying she was glad the book ran counter to her image at the time of the interview as that of a “somewhat straight-laced” older lady. Bette Midler renews allegation Geraldo Rivera groped her 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Until those tensions die down, Singapore is an appealing option for architecture buffs—even if its frenetic, straight-laced culture is a far cry from Barcelona’s laid-back vibes. The 13 Cities to Visit Instead of Overcrowded Tourist Destinations 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z And he’s much more straight-laced than I am. Andrea Savage is not sorry for how she portrays herself on new series 'I'm Sorry' 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Most telling of the show’s impact was when even the straight-laced presidential candidate Richard Nixon stopped by to say, “Sock it to me.” Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In: The Complete Series review 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “I realized there was a market for alternative colors when I saw straight-laced banker types wearing bold, flashy headphones instead of the regular white earphones.” Retail happenings: Buck Mason delivers summer's 'ultimate T-shirt,' Gucci keeps guys on-trend with customizable sneakers 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z For Stephany Gay from Illinois, it all started when she was a straight-laced teenager suffering with kidney stones. A devastating story of lives ruined and ended by opioids 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Many of Wu’s peers were edgy, indie darlings, while his aesthetic was more straight-laced. Jason Wu, designer for Michelle Obama and others, reflects on his brand's 10th anniversary 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z And the division’s two most opposite coaches may have been Gibbs — the straight-laced clean-cut workaholic petrified of providing bulletin-board material — and Ryan. Buddy Ryan brought out the best from Joe Gibbs and the Redskins 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Its website is straight-laced and includes no images of the multi-tipped leaf synonymous with getting high. Microsoft licenses cloud services to monitor legalized marijuana sales 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And in the dark period of the post-Watergate ’70s, which was just as cynical about politics as today, the Democrats’ choice of an “outsider” was a straight-laced Governor from Georgia. Trump is crushing the conservative movement: Inside the implosion of a decrepid ideology 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Bell, as herself, reads an audio version of a novel written by a mousy straight-laced librarian who moonlights as an E.L. 'iZombie' recap: Lascivious Liv in 'Fifty Shades of Grey Matter' 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z In both movies, Efron plays a straight-laced, subservient hunk whose true passion is being compromised by paternal pressure and societal expectations. Zac Efron's abs can't save the miserable Dirty Grandpa 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z He looked as straight-laced as the PE teacher he used to be. Stuart Lancaster: England reign was not meant to end like this 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But Andre, straight-laced business aficionado that he is, feels the need to make some cuts. 'Empire' recap: Except for Lucious, the Lyons unite for Hakeem 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Butterfield, a straight-laced Air Force veteran, reported for duty in the Nixon White House just as his first term began. New book examines Nixon White House thru Butterfield’s eyes 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It builds a case for new modes of thinking and then self-immolates its straight-laced argument with wonky time signatures and wordplay. YACHT made a protest album for a future that hasn't happened yet | The Verge 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Mary Anne Huntsman, though, says she was used to dating musicians and actors and was skeptical about this straight-laced businessman. “He was completely boring to me,” she said. Power couple alert: Jon Huntsman’s daughter to wed Gloria Borger’s son 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z That seems highly credible: One would have to be very straight-laced even to think of objecting to being depicted uttering so mild a vulgarity. Demons in the Apocrypha 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z In a new twist, we add insight to the straight-laced recap by publishing occasional questions and concerns submitted by Layla Andre, 8, a fervent fan of "Once Upon a Time." 'Once Upon a Time' recap: Emma Swan -- the Dark One -- meets a brave Merida 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The straight-laced Catalan leader, Artur Mas, who is running on the Together for Yes ticket, also caused some consternation with an attempt at levity. Catalans Cast Votes in Election That Could Trigger Move Toward Secession 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The contradiction between the capital city's straight-laced reputation and Ashley Madison's numbers are staggering. Why 20% of Ottawa's population is on Ashley Madison - BBC News 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z These days, the story is often told as a generational split, a case of a 24-year-old Dylan rebelling against straight-laced older folks, but Yarrow and Wald say there was more to it than that. Newport Folk marks 50th anniversary of Dylan going electric 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The brain is portrayed as two people striving for control, a straight-laced accountant-looking man in a suit and a rambunctious caveman. Disney Knows Your Brain And Wants Your Emotions 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But that straight-laced game is hidden beneath an absolutely crazy world and premise. Nintendo made a crazy 3DS strategy game about Abe Lincoln fighting aliens 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z And because, to the straight-laced Puritans, Christmas was nothing but a takeover of Saturnalia, the pagan winter festival celebrated by the ancient Romans. Christians Should Celebrate the True Christmas Meaning and Give to Others 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Aaron C. Finley, who has appeared on Broadway in “Rock of Ages,” plays Billy, the straight-laced business school student. Broadway actors on their roles in ‘Diner’ 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Psychedelics, the drugs of choice for many in the 1960s counterculture movement, may be making a comeback in the most straight-laced of places: research labs and doctors’ offices. That’s a Trip: Scientists Discuss Merits of Psychedelics In Medicine Even Victoria Beckham, queen of straight-laced, uniform dressing, let loose with overgrown pink blossoms on a trouser suit that looked straight off Carnaby Street. New York Fashion Week: Optimism and eclecticism are in full bloom 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z One unlikely brand seems to have figured it out. Caterpillar is a 90-year-old construction-equipment company that has taken its marketing efforts from straight-laced to revolutionary through creating unique “stunt” videos. Caterpillar's Stellar Move To Attract High-Quality Employees 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Cook's captaincy in the field so far has felt like a reflection of his own character - hard-working, straight-laced, honest. 'Time for Cook to prove himself as captain' 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z There's just something so tempting about imagining straight-laced paper-of-record columnists high as kites. Maureen Dowd's marijuana-induced freak out 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z It is nice to imagine that she was not straight-laced. Mystery of the Nazi and the portrait of a Welsh lady 2014-01-17T00:02:30Z On one hand, you have Walter White, the straight-laced high school chemistry teacher and family man. A Farewell To 'Breaking Bad': An Entrepreneurial Case Study 2013-09-30T16:24:00Z DC Thomson was, and still is, a very traditional company which was considered straight-laced even in those days. How Jackie magazine defined the 70s 2013-09-18T23:54:39Z People speculated he must be a straight-laced Mormon, naive and unfamiliar with modern-day dating hazards. Te'o among many victims of online wishful thinking 2013-01-19T16:17:12Z Nothing diverts attention like a scandal, and Allmendinger's woes and his job with straight-laced Penske Racing dominated the news for the next month. Keselowski aside, NASCAR ready to move past 2012 2012-11-21T22:11:10Z Ellison opted for a straight-laced photo in which he sported his customary tanned face and black shirt. Larry Ellison Finds His Voice, Oracle Finds Its Cloud 2012-06-07T12:45:23Z Sober and fairly straight-laced but an absolute natural with the young children in his care, his world collapses when he is accused of abusing a child. Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary 2012-05-21T16:05:19Z Mrs. Balfame always has rather disdained men, and even if she were susceptible is far too straight-laced to permit any man to pay her compromising attentions, or to meet him secretly. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z Now the clubhouse basically is straight-laced and relatively dull, just the way Cubs management prefers it. Cubs working hard, loving every minute 2012-03-31T01:59:00Z He’s such a straight-laced Christian kind of guy. Blache: Gibbs ?had no idea? of Redskins? bounty system 2012-03-06T00:59:00Z Vietnam is emerging as the latest Asian nation to considering loosening its straight-laced attitude to gambling, with the Finance Ministry saying Monday that it plans to legalize sports betting. Vietnam Plans to Legalize Sports Gambling 2012-03-05T11:43:25Z London society is not so strict nor straight-laced that it will not forgive much laxity in its devoted votaries. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z After all, he could not help his nature, and he had been reared in an atmosphere of straight-laced respectability which had imposed on him an intolerable restraint. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The straight-laced Saban looked downright joyous celebrating the win and didn’t even mind when he got dumped with a sports drink afterward. Saban relishes championship with ?special? team, even enjoys celebratory dousing 2012-01-10T16:06:28Z The straight-laced Saban looked downright joyous celebrating the win and didn't even mind when he got dumped with a sports drink afterward. Saban: This Alabama championship team special 2012-01-10T16:05:13Z Even the most straight-laced biographers refer to the "romantic friendship" between the composer and this lady—which, after all, is as good a way as any of tagging it. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Despite his fairly straight-laced upbringing, Gupta is widely viewed as motivated by a desire to become extremely rich. Before scandal, Gupta was role model for middle-class India 2011-10-30T09:34:26Z “Can you imagine Karl Rove doing what I did with that cigarette?” he said with a laugh, referring to George W. Bush’s straight-laced political guru. Top Herman Cain aide at center of ?smoking? ad has a checkered past 2011-10-28T07:30:00Z His straight-laced talk was interspersed with occasional quirky moments. Love him or hate him, Groupon's Mason makes a splash 2011-10-21T21:32:45Z “Just look at that fat old roistering chair conversing with the thin straight-laced prig of a side-chair, next to him.” Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z This lady has left a numerous family of daughters behind her, many of whom, however, turn over new leaves, and having been considerable sinners, become the most straight-laced, unpitying, and uncharitable of sour-faced saints. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z You weren’t so blazing straight-laced and sanctimonious until you got taken up by the nobs, either. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Until that time, the psychedelic had fascinated straight-laced chemists and psychologists as well as long-haired hippies. How the Hippies Saved Physics [Excerpt] 2011-06-27T17:15:00.397Z His bride-to-be had been at the show, and being a very straight-laced sort of a person had been very much shocked at the men dressed as girls. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z And he's a great kid --- a real nice, straight-laced kid. So who is Malcolm Jackson? 2011-06-15T05:45:05Z But even truth at times must be suppressed, and though this may be considered by the straight-laced and sickly minded to be lying by implication, it is not so. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z “I suppose,” Miss Cullam said to her girls, “that a perfectly straight-laced New England old maid could not be set down in a more inappropriate place than a mining camp.” Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z She did not approve of her husband's secretary; and Mrs. Meakin was one of those narrow, straight-laced puritans, who never cease to thank Providence that they are so pure. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z They all laughed heartily at the joke, and went on for some time bantering Wildgoose upon his being so straight-laced. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z By the way, I do not agree with the straight-laced people, who condemn all such amusements. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z The transformation seemed all the more remarkable for someone who once seemed so straight-laced, so grounded, that Gutierrez says he had boasted of his friendship with Loughner to his own parents. Friend recalls Arizona suspect's disturbing decline 2011-01-24T22:09:14Z She persevered in it in the most straight-laced manner, and in the end I was fain to erect a barrier of hay between us, and build up a second couch for myself. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z When backup quarterback Curt Phillips sat in the third row of a recent meeting and donned Tolzien's No. 16 jersey to get a rise out of the straight-laced leader, Tolzien didn't miss a beat. Tolzien's study gives No. 12 Wisconsin confidence 2010-08-31T18:00:00Z Other than the occasional scream at an official, Bill Self is one of the more straight-laced coaches in college basketball. KU's Self shows his moves in promo video 2010-05-14T20:47:00Z American law remains oddly straight-laced about gambling over the internet as distinct from gambling in person at the roulette wheel - but Nevada no longer has a monopoly on sin. 2010-02-13T11:43:00Z I had already been present at many little scenes of this kind in England, not in high society where one finds much ease and liveliness, but in a few middle-class houses among straight-laced people. Friend Mac Donald Just wait until a straight-laced old maid gets hold of us! The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series I’m not a more straight-laced chap than most, but, you see, I can’t exactly bring myself to slope off and leave Sintoba and the rest of them in the lurch. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He was a charming man, and by no means straight-laced, but he drew the line at accompanying Arthur in his nightly perambulations. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections One that has been discovered very recently is that the straight-faced are the straight-laced. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types By his side Proudhon, whom Kropotkin, like all the present day Anarchists, takes for the father of Anarchism, is but a straight-laced Philistine. Anarchism and Socialism “Oh! you little American girls, with 203 your strange, straight-laced little bodies and your fearless souls!” Outside Inn In Greece, she was a goddess; in Rome, a hussy; in England, a sprightly dame; now, a straight-laced Priscilla. The Strollers But you’re that prim and proper, that staid and straight-laced, you make me tease you, just to rouse you up. The Tale of Timber Town Notice for yourself and you will find that every person who is really "straight-laced" is a person with a straight face—that is, a face with straighter up-and-down lines than the average. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types In fact, he was so merry that, by the straight-laced Puritans, he was thought ungodly. The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad I doubt if you understand the wickedness anyway, and I don't want you to grow up straight-laced like Harriet and Susan. The Butterfly House I attached myself to a small group of pietists called Plymouth Brethren, orthodox theologians, literalists in interpretation of the Scriptures and exceedingly straight-laced in their morality. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine He is a good fellow,—the rector, I mean,—and not too straight-laced to smoke a cigar, and he knows a fine horse when he sees one, and preaches splendid sermons. The Cromptons No matter how sanctimonious, religious or correct a person may act when his position or the occasion demands it, if he has a round, "moon" face he is not really straight-laced at heart. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types Let them, therefore, put a little of the mother's milk of human kindness and consideration into their straight-laced systems. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three “It is rather awful,” admitted Von Rosen, “but somehow I never do feel as if I need be quite as straight-laced with you.” The Butterfly House There was at this time preaching at Natchez, one Potts, who was a Presbyterian, a Puritan, and extremely straight-laced in doctrine, and eminently puritan in practice, intolerant, bigoted, and presumptuous. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest Our fathers may have been narrow or straight-laced; they were not cross-eyed from trying to keep one eye on God and the other on the main chance. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 They were the straight-laced brethren who walked so erect that they leaned backward. Mystic Christianity I thought you were a straight-laced chapel goer. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle I used to be frightened to death of her, because she always looked so straight-laced and proper, but she isn't like that at all. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers "A stiff, hard, straight-laced old maid," I said, contemptuously. Not Pretty, but Precious The new generation looks upon the stern morality and industry and self-control of its ancestors as straight-laced and narrow. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 "I'm not one of your straight-laced moralists, but an old man of the world, begad; and I know that as long as it lasts, young men will be young men." The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy "If I were her, I would go to France, and be a great lady in Paris— which is twenty times gayer and more delightful than any place in stupid, straight-laced old England," thought Jane Payland. Run to Earth A Novel The heating and boiling of the flip with the red hot "loggerhead" hardly came under the head of "unnecessary Sabbath cooking" even in the minds of the most straight-laced descendants of the Puritans. Sabbath in Puritan New England Max was an old bachelor of a sailor, very precise about his wardrobe, and prided himself greatly upon his seamanship, and entertained some straight-laced, old-fashioned notions about the duties of boys at sea. Redburn. His First Voyage Perhaps it was his weakness to be afraid of seeming straight-laced, and turning himself into a sort of diagram instead of a growth which can exercise the guiding attraction of fellowship. Daniel Deronda I am not more straight-laced than many people, yet I confess it always gives me a kind of twinge to see a young man yielding to intemperance of any kind. Alone Return to Paris, where you have twice as many devoted slaves and admirers as in this detestable straight-laced land of ours. Run to Earth A Novel But let us leave so straight-laced a spot behind. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond He's easy enough, but scratch him and you come upon a very straight-laced aristocrat. The Hunt Ball Mystery Grandfather Jonathan Forrest, the straight-laced Puritan, had died of a hunting accident. The Little Lady of the Big House You only think it's shocking, because you're so prim and straight-laced! Two Little Women on a Holiday "Oh I suppose she's all right," he answered, "but they say she's pretty straight-laced—that cards and all sorts of dissipation are an obsession with her." Guy Garrick I dare say you think me very straight-laced, but I am quite sure Mr. Stanbury will be grateful to me. He Knew He Was Right "You were always one of the straight-laced sort, Joyce," cried Wilson, laughing good-humoredly. East Lynne Puritans are mighty straight-laced and they won't let me smoke in the parlor, but the Almighty don't make any better people. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) Puritans are mighty straight-laced, and they won't let me smoke in the parlor, but the Almighty don't make any better people. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Puritans are mighty straight-laced, and they won't let me smoke in the parlor, but the Almighty don't make any better people. Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 2: 1835-1866 He was not straight-laced, but he could not forget that Mr. M'Coy had recently made a crusade in search of valises and portmanteaus to enable Mrs. M'Coy to fulfil imaginary engagements in the country. Dubliners |
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