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back straight

n. (context athletics English) The straight part of a running track (or similar) opposite the finishing line.

Usage examples of "back straight".

I had to stoop down and keep the mech's back straight or else it would topple over.

She turned her back straight upon Miss Miller, and left her to depart with what grace she might.

Lucille sat down lightly, knees together, back straight and fixed Mackinnon with a piercing stare.

She stood defiant, with her back straight and her head high, holding her own soul over the abyss, because her soul was the only thing she knew for sure God valued.

And with that she continued on into the Gorim's house, her back straight and her head unbowed.

Although she had been standing with arms hanging limply, head lowered, when she turned about to face the ocean her head was high, her back straight.

The depicted figure was sitting, legs crossed, the right ankle resting on the left knee, with her back straight, the head held high and her hands resting on her abdomen.

She turned her back straight upon Miss Miller and left her to dePart with what grace she might.

He managed to keep his back straight when he heard Lacerta's command, but his voice shook.

Then she sat on the ground in front of him, in the lotus posture, back straight, head up.

He made his back straight and firmly announced to the duty officer, “.

Though his finely made dark blue woolen cloak with its silver clasps showed him to be a man of wealth, Antimodes wore that cloak with an air of confidence, riding with his back straight on his daintily stepping donkey, his head held high, his sharp-eyed gaze taking notice of every squirrel in the trees, every toad in the ruts.

He carried a large and a small case in each hand, keeping his back straight and the load in balance.

I used to wear an iron thing to keep my back straight, but a grand doctor came from London to see me and said it was stupid.

Sat perched at the edge, back straight, legs crossed at the ankles, hands in lap—.