His straight-laced wife faced and looked the other way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Downhearted] Reference

I'm more straight-laced, so I enjoy her joie de vivre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference

"She's only a straight-laced kid after all," he thought.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turn About Eleanor] Reference

He can be hip-hop; he can be cool; he can be straight-laced.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - King James' next conquest] Reference

USATODAY. com - Furyk is in his prime with straight-laced game.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Furyk is in his prime with straight-laced game] Reference

She is one of the most straight-laced, goodie-two-shoes I've met.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"...] Reference

It ` s-- it is, you know, straight-laced and fancy pants as you get.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007] Reference

Politics doesn't have to be all straight-laced stuff, I mean it is fun.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 3, 2001] Reference

I was the straight-laced newsguy who wasn't supposed to have any opinions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Edwards: The Ole Redhead] Reference

Indeed, the rest of the world doesn't follow our straight-laced standards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blake Fleetwood: How the Media Mob Got Eliot Spitzer] Reference

I play Jennifer Aniston's fiance -- very nice, staid, straight-laced lawyer.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I'm Like a Catalyst'] Reference

The rest of the band were very straight-laced good Straight-A college students.    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

That's how I saw one sitcom about two sisters, one wild and one straight-laced.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Failure Theatre"] Reference

O'BRIEN: Miller is not cut from the same straight-laced cloth as most ski racers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2006] Reference

And straight-laced Sara just turned up at the doorstep, three sheets to the wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pen-Elayne on the Web] Reference

That may seem like an odd question for straight-laced government types to tackle.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Much Pot is a Two-Month Supply? | Impact Lab] Reference

Her own pack is far too straight-laced and she never really felt at home with them.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 April 11 | Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary] Reference

KING: Was "The Untouchables" difficult to do only because Ness was so straight-laced?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2003] Reference

Mr. Hurd, after all, was known as an unusually effective and straight-laced executive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Power Trip] Reference

It's just comical to take a straight-laced news reader and put daft words in his mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Trevor McDoughnut Does Satire] Reference

Getty Images What might Ben Roethlisberger learn from the straight-laced Heisman winner?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben, Meet Your New Roommate] Reference

Nor is he giving us any sort of straight-laced civics-lesson view of the political process.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Politics] Reference

We were weary, we're wary, and rather than swim for shore we floated straight-laced and glazed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard Laermer: The Last Decade & Mediocrity: A Look Ahead] Reference

They have to deal with neighbors, her co-workers, her straight-laced children, and his co-workers.    From Wordnik.com.  [ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL « FranksFilms] Reference

One last note: the big corporations have to be straight-laced because their under so much scrutiny.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider’s Confession] Reference

As for Kennedy being interested in the straight-laced Kopechne, Hersh says that was highly unlikely.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Bush Tax Increase'] Reference

They no longer have to fit J. Edgar Hoover's ideal of the straight-laced g-man with a pristine past.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2007] Reference

HEMMER: You have said that he could have been, had he lived a straight-laced life, he could have been a senator or a CEO?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2002] Reference

There is nothing less admirable being a straight-laced person with simple pleasures and ways and neat regulations of oneself.    From Wordnik.com.  [rouflaquette Diary Entry] Reference

In 2002, Coughlan showed up to a job interview at fanatical, formal, straight-laced McLaren in a jacket, jeans, and no socks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Formula One Racing World] Reference

He was amused by the straight-laced answers that many of his fellow gays had offered as their “relationship deal-breakers.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transom] Reference

Look around any New York restaurant, and you can spot one: He's the straight-laced, nice-guy type with the slightly bored-looking date.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baxtergate: The Other Post Pataki Scandal] Reference