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He doesn't drink or smoke. He's a real straight arrow.
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There’s often some kind of hitch, but still, most agents are straight arrows who play by the book.
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Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
Purdy was such a straight arrow as a kid, his worst transgressions were playing doorbell ditch, Patchett said.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
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.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
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
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Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
Purdy was such a straight arrow as a kid, his worst transgressions were playing doorbell ditch, Patchett said.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
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.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
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
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“Straight arrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straight%20arrow. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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