strait-laced|straight laced|strait laced in English

excessively conservative, very conventional; extremely strict; laced tightly; wearing tightly laced clothing

Use "strait-laced|straight laced|strait laced" in a sentence

1. My old aunts are very strait - laced.

2. And we became a nation of strait-laced Puritans.

3. But his conformist image and manner belie his break with strait - laced Japanese business conventions.

4. Like you're so damned straight-laced.

5. Talcum powder laced with flour.

6. He laced up his boots.

7. especially cigarettes laced with poison.

8. Hannah laced her fingers together.

9. My drink has been laced.

10. The cloth is laced with silver.

11. Expletive - laced language filled her head.

12. She laced his brandy with coffee.

13. He likes coffee laced with whiskey.

14. Slingschott quicksand is laced with thermite.

15. They sat with their fingers laced.

16. Today, Ed is modelling laced daisies.

17. The girl's shirt collar is laced.

18. She laced strands into a braid.

19. The comedian delivered a profanity - laced monologue.

20. Iris's voice was heavily laced with irony.

21. Her conversation was laced with witty asides.

22. She had laced his drink with poison.

23. He had laced her milk with rum.

24. She laced his food with sleeping pills.

25. The investigation report was laced with lies.