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"Straits" in a Sentence (12 examples)
You're always there for me, so if you're ever in dire straits, just let me know and I'll come running.
She was in dire straits, but made a virtue out of necessity.
Have you ever gone through the Straits of Magellan?
If she continues to live with a man she doesn't love for his money, the day will come when she will despair and be in dire straits.
The straits were too narrow for the cruise ship.
Sami was in dire straits.
I had seen humans I loved in similar straits.
After braving perilous seas and navigating through what are now known as the Straits of Magellan, Magellan's small fleet entered an unfamiliar ocean in Nov. 1520. He called this body of water pacific, due to the calmness of the water at the time ('pacific' means peaceful).
Ships have to navigate the straits one by one.
Algeria still remained in dire straits.
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It may have been originally in India, as it is now in the Straits, a closed litter for ladies of rank, and the word may have become appropriated to the open conveyance in which European ladies are carried.
Straits-born Chinese
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