STRAIGHTENING

Traducere în limba română

straightening substantiv

îndreptare (a corpului etc.).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

A pause. Then, taking a long breath and straightening his shoulders he remarked in a determined voice: Wonder'ff tell me where there's a gas'line station?

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Here, you, One Ear!" he cried, straightening up and turning around on the dog.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

There is a tangle here which needs straightening out.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When he finally gained his feet, another minute or so was consumed in straightening up, so that he could stand erect as a man should stand.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

“Watch out for squalls, is all I can say to you,” was Louis’s warning, given during a spare half-hour on deck while Wolf Larsen was engaged in straightening out a row among the hunters.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

That story was perfectly grand, she announced, straightening up from the wash-tub with a tired sigh and wiping the sweat from her forehead with a red, steamy hand; but it makes me sad. I want to cry.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

When asked if women should stop dyeing or straightening their hair, Sandler said, "We are exposed to many things that could potentially contribute to breast cancer, and it is unlikely that any single factor explains a woman’s risk.

(Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk, National Institutes of Health)

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