Straights

"Straights" in a Sentence (5 examples)

Exporters are in dire straights.

The sea makes shores, bays, capes, islands, peninsulas, necks of land, straights, and has rocks in it.

Algeria is going through dire straights.

I think Yanni was in dire straights.

These cars can reach dizzying speeds on the straights.

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