A tree that grows crooked will never straighten its trunk.    From LearnThat.org.  [Unknown]

straighten this post.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

You run your hand in it and kind of straighten it out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Icy Norman, April 6 and 30, 1979. Interview H-0036. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

` ` Then they kind of straighten their faces out. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Basketball - Cleveland vs. Memphis] Reference

Senior analyst Jeff Greenfield is here to kind of straighten it all out for us.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 11, 2003] Reference

Elizabeth Cohen, you are able to kind of straighten this out for us a little bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2001] Reference

Phil Bowermaster endeavors to "straighten" the public out on two issues on which it is "desperately misinformed.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Speculist: The Tiresome Argument] Reference

You can even adjust an image's perspective to "straighten" horizons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Macworld] Reference

When i was a kid there it really did "straighten" me out a bit and gave me some self-esteem.    From Wordnik.com.  [REALNEO for all - Regional Economics Action Links North East Ohio] Reference

He talks about Dennis Rodman hurting people in the ring and Hulk had to '' straighten '' him out.    From Wordnik.com.  [PWTorch.com] Reference

NHL in scoring among defensemen with 13 goals and 53 assists, "and he's helped me kind of straighten my game.".    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

I can not understand why lefties feel compelled to come to Conservative blogs and try to "straighten" our thinking out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climbing Out Of The Dark] Reference

If you "straighten" the nonlinearity of Memento's narrative, it would be nothing more than an average B-grade Hollywood flick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind] Reference

I'm goin 'to try to hold you here till you've had time to kind of straighten yourself around and ketch up with the procession.    From Wordnik.com.  [Branded] Reference

If you "straighten" the nonlinearity of Memento's narrative, it would be nothing more than an average B-grade Hollywood flick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind] Reference

That's good so I don't have to "straighten" up the place if you know what I mean; -).    From Wordnik.com.  [badger Diary Entry] Reference

7 The author of this article on how to "straighten" a bicycle wheel lists a number of tools you will need.    From Wordnik.com.  [BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!] Reference

I straighten out the dollar bills and count the change.    From Wordnik.com.  [THAT KIND OF LOVE] Reference

Legs start to straighten from inward-curving new born position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turning On The Motor] Reference

Maybe Tony Soprano should come in and straighten out this mess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Storm] Reference

I wanted to straighten that out by building something permanent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wine, Food And Art] Reference

"Hey, Bob," I say as I try to straighten his cockeyed hat a bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Robert Frost, at Wal-Mart] Reference

Reya examined the outfit and tugged the blouse to straighten it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.3: Five Months Later...] Reference

I go straight home, with a firm plan to straighten the upholstery.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Crush on Daniel Ortega] Reference

I get a tight shot of Dad's hands as he attempts to straighten Ray's tie.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Next Stanley Kubrick] Reference

If you're buying, straighten out your credit and then apply for financing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shopping Around] Reference

Your mama's big hands pick you up from behind and straighten out your coat.    From Wordnik.com.  [If You See Something, Say Something] Reference

I could see the grass in the fields bend in the wind and then straighten again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Me] Reference

He offered to send a contingent of Philly cops to Cuba to straighten Castro out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Real Cities Have Mayors] Reference

Stick around the White House and straighten the closets, maybe repaint a bedroom?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unfair attacks on Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation] Reference

Bend and straighten your legs, feet and toes while sitting down, every half hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Take a walk to prevent deep vein thrombosis] Reference

In a pool or lying in bed, he can straighten his arms and legs against resistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsmakers] Reference

She won't dance, straighten her face, greet guests, though she may sit on the bar.    From Wordnik.com.  [cake bride] Reference

The average amount of time needed to straighten out the situation: a year and a half.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's Real Identity Crisis] Reference

Then after about thirty minutes, the whales straighten up, now parallel with the surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mystery of the Azores] Reference

Magnets are three-dimensional, with plenty of atoms on all sides to straighten out an error.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going With The Flow] Reference

Hectoring Hollywood to straighten up and fly right is the popular political sport of the season.    From Wordnik.com.  [I See Nice People And They're Paying It Forward] Reference

When the manager turns to straighten a display, Christy slips a pair of earrings into her purse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Westfield] Reference

These new sticks feature a larger club face and internal weights designed to straighten out hooks and slices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swinging Square] Reference