How to Use straight off in a Sentence

straight off

adverb
  • I told her straight off that I was not going to do that.
  • Adames hacked and sent the pitch straight off his left knee cap.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This picture frame looks straight off of a thrift store shelf.
    — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
  • The first season ends in a way that flies straight off the deep end!
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 17 May 2024
  • Once the chickpeas cool, my kids love to eat them straight off the pan.
    — Trisha Pasricha, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The idea of just a choir starting straight off of that would be ridiculous.
    — Elias Leight, Billboard, 4 May 2018
  • Clariant needs two-thirds of votes cast to back its merger straight off.
    — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Just flat, straight off the head — header into the goal type of thing.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Become friends with a shrimper and buy their haul straight off the shrimping boat.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Not only that, but the text went from the bottom of the screen straight off the top.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Usually the best part of it is the stuff that comes straight off the top of your head.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The apples, plums, pears and others are ripe, straight off the tree or baked in a pie.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • For customers, the subsidy will be taken straight off their bill.
    — Oliver Briscoe, CNN, 13 July 2023
  • My daughter would go out with a salt shaker and eat a tomato straight off the vine.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • So that's almost good enough to rendezvous straight off the rocket.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 June 2024
  • Push straight off the ground all the way up to the top position with your elbows straight.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Serve straight off the grill with potatoes, rice, or asparagus.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But now crates straight off the boats lay on the cement floor while buyers stared, not bidding.
    — New York Times, 9 July 2021
  • The line comes straight off of the spool, but then twists as it is being wound onto the spinning reel.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 1 June 2020
  • Olivia Palermo is not one to take a look straight off the runway to the streets.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 July 2014
  • To wit, several of the night's biggest looks were straight off the runway.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Gales from Blythe all the way to Buckeye almost blew my car straight off the road.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The space has a glam, old-school train car vibe straight off the Orient Express.
    — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Williams said that is intentional so people can see the meat get chopped and served straight off the grill.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2021
  • Eat them standalone, straight off the skewer, or pair with cabbage, ginger, and lime.
    — Katherine Lagrave, CNT, 19 Sep. 2017
  • And shooting at the tires did work, such that one of the front ones eventually peeled straight off the rim.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Pull the dumbbells straight off the weight rack, then hold for 10 to 15 seconds.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 17 July 2023
  • Don’t be tempted to eat them straight off of the cookie sheet—this is the hardest part of making this recipe.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Don’t be tempted to eat them straight off of the cookie sheet—this is the hardest part of making this recipe.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
  • Simply place the drinks, snacks, and glassware on the shelves, and they can be selected straight off the wall.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025

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