How to Use straighten out in a Sentence

straighten out

verb
  • Stark said her account has since been straightened out.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2026
  • But Prat quickly had Brant straightened out and in the lead.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Can Will Riley fill out his body and straighten out his jumper?
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Stretch insisted to him, both in the office and back at home, the season would straighten out.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • My mom’s eyebrows arch like crawling caterpillars and then straighten out.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Work one leg at a time, fully straightening out the knee and holding at the top for 40 seconds.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Just as things seem to get straightened out, the ending opens up the possibility for more trouble.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • When the voltage is on, the attraction between the two layers of electrodes straightens out the membranes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2016
  • Johnson is one of several roster knots coach David Adelman has about six weeks to try and straighten out.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Their mother, whom Jerry has been looking after, is dying, and there are medical bills that need to be straightened out.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Shanahan said that was a situation Warner likely would have straightened out before the snap.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That hasn't quite shown up yet, but Mike Tomlin is going to have his defense straightened out eventually.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The next pitch was a fastball that Sheets straightened out just enough, sending it about 30 feet to the fair side of the pole and directly into the water.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Marco Sturm’s priorities were not to fix the power play, straighten out the goaltending or find offensive depth.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As the temperature drops, the cold causes the protein to shift into a more stable state in which one of its key structural pillars bends sharply, breaks away from its neighbor and straightens out.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
  • With the manager's status now finalized, the Astros will also need to figure out a way to straighten out their health situation.
    — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • If the Leafs don’t straighten out their goaltending and get more out of Auston Matthews, the Bruins could be drafting in the lottery.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • It got straightened out pretty quick, but the intention was 'thumbs up,' and basically pointing at our fans because everybody was jumping up and down excited.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Four years later, once the budget had straightened out, Brown pushed for a 12-year extension of the tax through Proposition 55.
    — Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
  • This category has straightened out considerably over the last few years after ages of choices that could prove instantly hilarious (Fun.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Initially, the plan was to study whether the land could be used to improve rail transit in the area and to straighten out the curve in I-25 through that area, which consistently contributes to congestion.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Finance departments at any company can be messy, and AI platforms are often pitched as solutions to straighten out problems, create more accurate reports and free up employees to do more interesting work.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • That even includes Boeing, which raised $24 billion in equity last year and has made substantial progress toward improving production of its commercial airplanes and straightening out troubled defense programs.
    — Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Cavanagh, who became co-CEO alongside Brian Roberts last month, has taken the lead on straightening out the cable and internet giant’s entertainment portfolio.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • After consuming One Last Adventure, the rabid fanbase is champing at the bit to straighten out certain revelations about the creative process of Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But retiring head coach Bob Banning straightened out Silver Creek, which won 13 of its last 14 games, including upsets over Eagle Valley in the Sweet 16 and Mesa Ridge in the Great 8.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026

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