Let it be clear: This issue has nothing to do with gayness or straightness, which is irrelevant to this report. From Wordnik.com. [Common Sense Political Thought] Reference
Indeed, "straightness" is biological, but it entails an almost limitless set of moral choices when it comes to its expression. From Wordnik.com. [Diana Butler Bass: The Golden State, Gay Marriage and the Golden Rule] Reference
Life became a desperate and unending struggle to demonstrate one's "straightness" to the satisfaction of one's peers. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"straightness" she could take on as another restriction in that seemingly impossible venture of self-control. From Wordnik.com. [Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin]
Figure 22 Checking of straightness of the workpiece. From Wordnik.com. [3. Preparations for Planing] Reference
Perhaps it is just his straightness weighing him down. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 3 Recap: Capital WTF] Reference
And you are judged by the straightness of your furrows. From Wordnik.com. [A working life: The theatre director] Reference
American standards of tooth straightness are very modern. From Wordnik.com. [Dead As A Doornail]
The smoothness and straightness of the bore is remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
"To try my hand and the straightness of my throw," said Cuchulainn. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
Love of straightness, without love of learning, sinks into rudeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference
The straightness of the point can be obtained by a little practice in. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
May we not, then, consider straightness as a differentia of “line”?. From Wordnik.com. [The Six Enneads.] Reference
He turned then, and saw her sitting with unwonted straightness at the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Check the straightness of the board by looking along its edges from one end. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Compression surfaces: any deviation should not exceed 3 mm. Edge straightness. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Except for the Northway's straightness, it didn't seem like Dwarven work at all. From Wordnik.com. [Reiffeins Choice] Reference
Under rapid and ruthless hands straightness was already appearing out of the confusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
She told her story with sense and straightness, her frenzy subdued by the day's rigour. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
Pull the radio forward and check the cleanliness and straightness of the pins and plug. From Wordnik.com. [FM 44-48 Appendix F - Communications Planning and Troubleshooting]
So dark we could see only the straightness of the road and the dark clouds of leaves above us. From Wordnik.com. [swimming to cambodia] Reference
The subsequent battens are fixed at a distance of 400 m and are also checked for straightness. From Wordnik.com. [7. Roof construction process] Reference
Check the tooth top line; examine the tooth top line for straightness or standing out tooth points. From Wordnik.com. [4. Sharpening of Sawing Tools] Reference
The first batten is placed at a distance of 50 mm from the ridge and checked with a string for straightness. From Wordnik.com. [7. Roof construction process] Reference
The three distinguishing features of a good glider are stability, straightness of flight, and a small gliding angle. From Wordnik.com. [Things To Make] Reference
"The straightness of the spear symbolizes truth to the knight's way of thinking and its iron head suggests strength.". From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Warrior]
After checking arm strength and leg straightness, the next thing to check is the strength in the ankles, knees, and hips. From Wordnik.com. [1) Head Control and Use of Senses] Reference
The length of the plane used is determined by the length of the wood to be planed, and the degree of straightness desired. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Her low brow -- truly Greek in its straightness and the crisp ripple of her hair around it -- was not in favour at that time. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Poplar, and the Beech are remarkable for the straightness, evenness, and beauty of their shafts, when assembled in a dense wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861] Reference
The care shown in rearing insures a perfect straightness of stem, and an equable diameter of about an inch or an inch and a half. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Selections for characters such as fast growth. wood quality, volume production and stem straightness have considerable potential. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 23] Reference
Randy showed signs of it in his square-set jaw, the high lift of his head, his long easy stride, the straightness of his black hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
And she, on her part, had not failed to note that, besides his straightness and look of strength, there was something of virile charm. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
Once when they had halted at noon he pointed out a hillside of pine, black beneath the rain, close-clustered and of mastlike straightness. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
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