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Straight-laced

"Straight-laced" in a Sentence (3 examples)

He's a really straight-laced guy, so he doesn't like the idea of his son changing jobs.

Prof. Wilson's work has not always met the approval of her straight-laced colleagues.

Me thinks St. Augustin was too straight-laced in not liking Organs in Churches.

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