as in wet blanket
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Recent Examples of straight arrow
Progress did not proceed in a straight arrow from bad times then to good times now.
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Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
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
Yoon-tak is a straight arrow kind of kid.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
Cooke, who drives a red sports car, smokes cigarettes and carries a flask in his jacket, stands in obvious temperamental contrast to Malcolm, who is both the straight arrow and the nerd of the group, offering them vanilla ice cream and showing off his new Rolleiflex camera.
—New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
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Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2023
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
Yoon-tak is a straight arrow kind of kid.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
Cooke, who drives a red sports car, smokes cigarettes and carries a flask in his jacket, stands in obvious temperamental contrast to Malcolm, who is both the straight arrow and the nerd of the group, offering them vanilla ice cream and showing off his new Rolleiflex camera.
—New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straight arrow
Noun
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This approach isn’t about throwing a wet blanket on the festivities of the season.—
Monitor staff,
Christian Science Monitor,
19 Dec. 2025
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Both dynamics are pretty well-worn from the first four seasons of the series, and there isn't much value to turning both Hopper and Joyce into wet blankets at this moment of ultimate crisis.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the prudes among us might need hand fans.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Give the Original ‘Twister’ a Spin Barbara Peeters is no prude.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
19 July 2024
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“Straight arrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straight%20arrow. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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