Adjective : strait-laced censors. From Dictionary.com.
I think Dylan was pretty straightlaced growing up. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Dylan's birthday...] Reference
Popular with straightlaced engineer and ex-military types. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't think I was so straightlaced. From Wordnik.com. [1999-12-12 01:05:36] Reference
They are both wonderful women, but a little more straightlaced than my family members. From Wordnik.com. [weapons of massdistraction › The Least Of My Worries] Reference
A bit like La Perla under a straightlaced navy business suit....something just for you!. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: Yves Saint Laurent Opium] Reference
Some will say, no way, as the Taiwanese are too straightlaced for that sort of thing. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Brian:] Reference
I never really warmed up to Will in the first movie; he's too much the straightlaced narc to be interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest] Reference
And at that moment, for the record, I realized he was not the uncomplicated straightlaced stalwart I'd always thought. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Those straightlaced sensibilities have been thrilled by beauty, and bathed in the grace and glory of the life around them. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
There are many who feel that I should “reinvent” myself and be more straightlaced so I can increase my brand potential. From Wordnik.com. [The Hot Box] Reference
But if I did I hope the event wouldn't be as straightlaced and sensible and let's face it ... predicitable ... as last time. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
Or perhaps you judged her too rich to be tempted by promises of quick cash, or too straightlaced to countenance your activities. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The downtown divas of Sew Subversive are back with another happy helping of straightlaced sewing advice for stylish results every time. From Wordnik.com. [Top 5 Must-Have DIY Sewing Tomes] Reference
Henreid is supposed to be a swashbuckling rogue, but he's as stiff and straightlaced as you'd expect the guy who played Victor Laszlo to be. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
During a visit two years ago to Singapore, the famously straightlaced city-state I used to consider the most uptight place in Asia, I spent an evening at a beachfront bar called Sunset Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Love, Singaporean Style] Reference
What they were doing might be considered exceedingly out of place by a few straightlaced persons, but boys and girls will have their fun, even if it must sometimes be at the expense of other people. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
Taking a straightlaced CIA agent from Alabama or Utah, having him take eight weeks or Arab or Pashto immersion classes and then having him grow a beard to pass as a local hasn't helped us fiind Osama. From Wordnik.com. [Russell Shaw: Tenet Interview Proves: We Still Don't Understand The Muslim World] Reference
I had looked to do as much when I came to town, being, I must confess, as little straightlaced as most young men. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Dale] Reference
The times were not of the straightlaced order and no one expected from an actress wonders of chastity or conventionality. From Wordnik.com. [The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield] Reference
Regardless of his many nicknames, Edgey is a straightlaced prosecutor with a nagging disposition to always let justice prevail. From Wordnik.com. [GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features] Reference
They were not straightlaced, and have left some sufficiently ugly and (let it be added) not too natural types of sheer impudence, such as the Megra of. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Elizabethan Literature] Reference
Neither has the match pleased the rest of the Gervasi clan, which is as Left-wing and eccentric as the Rothschilds are conservative and straightlaced. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
As I've said to numerous friends all over the US and beyond about my decision to relocate to Iowa several years ago: Iowans may be straightlaced, but they're not narrow-minded. From Wordnik.com. [AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters] Reference
A straightlaced, down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is-friend (who lived even further west, toward Laurel Canyon) said with straight face "Studio City is NOT the Valley" and proceeded to spin out her argument. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
You know the straightlaced, old-fashioned ways of that assembly .... ". From Wordnik.com. [The Idol of Paris] Reference
Maybe he’s just protecting his more straightlaced clients from whatever seethes beneath the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Douglas Jones « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog] Reference
She’s straightlaced and reacts wildly inappropriately since she finds George and his friends to be very disturbing. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Manga Review: High Fashion and Coming of Age: Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa] Reference
In "From Paris With Love," actor Jonathan Ryes Myers plays James Reese, a straightlaced, button down aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France. From Wordnik.com. [RNews - TOP STORIES] Reference
I grew up a pretty straightlaced, whitebread kid. From Wordnik.com. [Do something crazy | Johnny B. Truant] Reference
He was so straightlaced. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Wheel A Novel] Reference
No -- too straightlaced for my taste. From Wordnik.com. [starwars.com Blogs] Reference
Go ahead, don't be so straightlaced and uptight. From Wordnik.com. [FlickFilosopher.com] Reference
A straightlaced, short-haired white guy. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Higher Ed] Reference
He’s really very boring and straightlaced. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Mess] Reference
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