How to Use straightaway in a Sentence

straightaway

1 of 3 adverb
  • He found the information straightaway.
  • Sanders, along with two of his daughters, skins the fish straightaway.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • All new players are judged, if not straightaway, then quickly.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The manager gave me that straightaway.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • Money was tight and, in order to bank it straightaway, Jane Austen had no option but to discount it at a loss, as details on the back show.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
  • On a separate note, art, fertility and hobbies will bring you so much joy — so focus on these areas rather than just diving straightaway into work.
    — Kyle Thomas, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Why not go straightaway at China, do something specific against China rather than the entire aluminum and steel industry?
    — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2018
  • But that’s not what’s happening when uninformed and inexperienced e-scooter riders injure themselves straightaway.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Leaders of big corporations are confident people; they are used to making decisions quickly and implementing them straightaway.
    — Christopher Chabris and Matthew Brown, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The other four commissioners were ready to hire Reyes straightaway, however, making Thursday Reyes’ first commission meeting since being sworn in.
    — Tess Riski january 22, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The idea was to design algorithms that would recognize interesting phenomena encountered in the rover's surroundings during traverses and either notify the science team on Earth asking for instructions or examine those phenomena straightaway.
    — Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 16 July 2018
  • The Nevera made its runs—on the 4-km straightaway at Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP)–on an unprepped asphalt surface on street-legal Michelin Cup 2 R tires.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023

straightaway

2 of 3 adjective
  • The ball sailed into the seats in straightaway center field.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Grahovac launched a leadoff home run to straightaway center field.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Grandal drove a full-count fastball from Lynn over the wall in straightaway center field with two outs in the first inning.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 23 May 2017
  • Or that Heyward’s only at-bat had been a scorching blast to straightaway center.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Isbel won’t feel much difference in straightaway center field.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Curry missed a long, straightaway 3-pointer in the final seconds.
    — CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • His skating truly is on another level, both through his edges and through a uniquely wide straightaway base.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Anything straightaway center, line drive, could potentially be a triple.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There were 80 businesses that applied to the straightaway program.
    — Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
  • Alfaro lined a two-run double in the fourth inning to open a 4-0 lead and crushed a solo homer to straightaway center field in the sixth.
    — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • Two innings later, Walsh knocked a solo shot to straightaway center, extending the lead.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
  • With three on in the fifth inning, the Phillies’ Carlos Santana drove a deep fly ball to straightaway center field.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 7 May 2018
  • In the ninth Chisholm parked his second homer in as many nights to straightaway center to put the finishing touches yet again on a victory.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • Reynolds, batting right-handed, connected on his first homer of the night in the sixth, sending a flyball to straightaway center for a solo shot.
    — ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • Raschi threw, Miñoso swung and the ball took off to straightaway center, disappearing over the old bullpen fence, 415 feet away.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Yamamoto then let Gabriel Arias get hold of a curveball for a 407-foot home run to straightaway center field.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Trailing by five runs in the eighth inning, Lavarnway blasted a 428-foot, two-run homer to straightaway center field.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 20 July 2019
  • Boston’s backup center hit a straightaway 3-pointer, then drew a charge on the ensuing possession.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • After a three-pitch strikeout to retire the leadoff hitter, Barczi got on the board with a first-pitch solo home run to straightaway center field.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Golden Grizzlies get on the board with a leadoff solo shot by Patton to straightaway center field.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Hosmer lined a ball to straightaway center field that Juan Lagares overran coming in and had to reach backward while leaping to make the catch.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2019
  • That’s when, in his GCL debut, Moreno ripped two home runs, including a no-doubter to straightaway center field.
    — The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Mountcastle made it 4-1 two batters later, sending a 1-0 sinker out to straightaway center field.
    — Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Lumberjacks got one back in the top of the fourth with first baseman Mark Henning’s solo home run to straightaway center field.
    — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Roman Martin answered Johnson with a deep shot to straightaway center field, tying the score at 1-1.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 29 May 2026
  • Hernandez sent a fastball to deep left-center to lead off the inning, then with two outs, Mack hit a 424-foot shot to straightaway center.
    — Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
  • Almost 80% of the straightaway businesses are female-owned and 90% of the businesses are Black-owned.
    — Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
  • Rodney Rice got the loose ball and fired it ahead to Marsh, who took a couple of dribbles, double-clutched and hit a high-arcing game-winner from almost straightaway.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The run started when Jose Padilla cashed a left wing 3-pointer and ended when Tyler Randall swished a straightaway long ball.
    — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • His got all of a middle-middle changeup from Andres Machado and blasted it 432 feet to straightaway center field.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026

straightaway

3 of 3 noun
  • The main straightaway and the pits are ready for teams to arrive.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • There’s long straightaways and good, hard braking zones, and that’s where our bike shines right now.
    — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
  • Reynolds connected on a long home run to straightaway center field in the eighth.
    — David Smale, Star Tribune, 31 May 2021
  • At that first staff meeting, the new boss addressed the tension in the room straightaway.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The long straightaway near Cadillac Drive.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • Lyles surged to pull ahead of Bednarek heading into the straightaway and held him off down the stretch.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The speeds are expected to reach 185 mph on that long straightaway.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Nobody has ever walked into a club and won a trophy straightaway.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • From a few feet in front of the crease, Whitehead tips in Svozil’s straightaway near the blue line.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Southerland caught Farley and appeared poised to run by her on the straightaway.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
  • This tipped his car into a spin, at roughly 200 mph, along the front straightaway.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
  • There were enough turns and straightaways on our quick jaunt to get some sense of how madcap bonkers the Sapphire is.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The zipper didn’t lock right away, so Jordan had to secure it while on a straightaway.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Kole Calhoun was on second base with two outs when Marte hit the high drive to straightaway right.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2020
  • India thumped a two-run homer to straightaway center field for his 20th home run of the season.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2021
  • An out later, Anderson hit one out to straightaway center for his ninth of the year.
    — John Fay, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Footage of the landing shows the pilot touched down on a straightaway, just before the interstate bends left.
    — Rick Rouan, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
  • A couple of turns there lead to the big right turn onto the long straightaway of Fourth Avenue.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • There is an endless straightaway early on and a couple of sneaky-hard hills toward the end that will test the brain as much as the legs.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The cars sounded the loudest at the green flag at the start and finish, when all 40 cars were full blast on the straightaway.
    — Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
  • Of the last 25 races at Los Alamitos, 23 have been straightaway events.
    — John Cherwa Special Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Asking straightaway isn’t a viable option.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Then in the second with a runner on second, Austin Hays crushed a ball to straightaway center.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Unlike the more familiar flat races like the Preakness, there are no straightaways or predictable turns.
    — Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
  • But that is where her wheel clipped that of Australia’s Saya Sakakibara, in the lead along the third straightaway.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2021
  • The Blazers miss their first four threes, but then Damian Lillard hits one from straightaway.
    — oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The lanes generally form a straightaway, allowing drivers to pick up speed with few reasons to stop or to slow down.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • Smoak hit a two-run home run to straightaway center field that Keon Broxton had a bead on but just missed pulling back with a leap at the wall.
    — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2020
  • Alvarez’s homer cleared the batter’s eye in straightaway center, the backdrop that extends 40 feet above the field.
    — Stephen Hawkins, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Then, Alfaro put the Padres ahead 3-0 with a ground-rule double to straightaway center field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2022

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