How to Use straighten out in a Sentence

straighten out

phrasal verb

• Testers found that the hose did kink a bit, but the kinks straightened out quickly.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• How to Do It: Start by sitting on the ground with both legs straightened out in front of you.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 12 May 2023
• Step up by squeezing the quad tightly to straighten out the front knee.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
• Woods predicted a putt by Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world, would straighten out at the end.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
• As long as the ball is in play, Alexander-Walker will not straighten out.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• Squeeze your shoulder blades together to straighten out your spine, pulling the slack out of the bar.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• The eyepiece then magnifies the light and straightens out the image for the viewer.
  — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
• The driver that hit only two of eight fairways through 10 holes straightened out for the most part, too.
  — Justin Ray, New York Times, 17 May 2025
• And then, just as the match seemed to be slipping away thanks in part to a slew of unforced errors, Gauff straightened out her strokes and pulled away.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• Ferrari overhauled its design for 2024 and appears to have straightened out some of the kinks.
  — Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024
• Keep in Mind The water hose arrived coiled and wanted to retain its shape rather than straighten out.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2024
• As a cat becomes more upset, or aggressive, their whiskers will straighten out to the sides.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
• This device comes with a round brush and paddle brush for adding volume and straightening out any kinks.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 26 Nov. 2023
• What about the people who use our complaints to get their loans straightened out or their bank accounts unfrozen?
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2025
• Still, the calendar won’t wait for Smith to get things completely straightened out.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Once spring football is straightened out, the portal could move out of December.
  — Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
• Clothing steamers, on the other hand, are a more user-friendly way to straighten out your wardrobe.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
• Don't worry about straightening out the creases—the crinkling effect of the fabric just adds to the relaxed vibe of summer.
  — Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• For all of their might, demonic teen girls can’t easily straighten out the world’s crooked angles.
  — Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
• Plus, the cleaner even straightened out the pool’s liner a bit in the process, an unexpected benefit.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• After the weekly meetings, Dev would walk around Ballard Estate to straighten out his back.
  — Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
• The city needs to straighten out its spending priorities.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Clippers forward Kris Dunn knows all too well how an intended path can switch up quickly or take 10 years to straighten out.
  — Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 2 Dec. 2024
• Tonini said witnesses saw the plane begin to straighten out near the roadway while seemingly searching for a place to land.
  — Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
• The hose straightened out nicely when unpackaged and didn’t kink during testing.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• Twisted, warped, or bent sheet metal is difficult to straighten out.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• There's enough starch in the shock and spring rates to keep weight transfer out of the drama zone, allowing the Passat to straighten out snaky stretches with higher-than-average zeal.
  — Tony Swan, Car and Driver, 3 June 2023
• Clips of the footage, which was posted online by BBC, showed the bride making her way into the chapel arm-in-arm with her father and her wedding party straightening out her dress.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
• On President's Day, a holiday at his day job, Michael Conner helped his wife tidy the booths and straighten out the paintings, chatting to repeat customers and looky-loos.
  — Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Feb. 2024
• Kennedy says the moves will save taxpayers $1.8 billion and straighten out a department that's been racked with mismanagement and duplicative functions.
  — Tina Reed, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025