I paced back and forth across the room, only partially aware of what he was saying, endeavoring to straighten matters out in my own mind.
I could see her straighten up, turning swiftly to face him.
Uneasy, and puzzled how best to straighten out the tangle, I went out into the hall, and glanced in at the room opposite.
I had to straighten out his form before I was able to decide whether he was living or dead.
But why do you not straighten out those corners on the road to Petworth?
And tell your Sussex County Council, beautiful English lady, to straighten out those corners, for they are very awkward indeed, and might easily cause serious accidents some day when the roads have to be used for real traffic.
Then he sent to Morristown for Mr. Morris to straightenout the fight.
It was so heavy he had to help her straighten up; she could not rise alone.
I promised a worthy mason in the neighbourhood that I would go over his accounts with him this evening, and you have no idea what a task it is to straighten out books like his!
He could detect a weak spot quicker than any one I ever knew, and could remedy or straighten it out just as quickly.
It was Charles's business to take them in hand and straighten out their troubles.
He would merely laugh at a suggestion to straighten out the legs and walk, to lengthen the drawl, or to heighten the cockney accent of a prominent member of his company, saying: "The public likes him for these natural things.
It seemed to suddenly straighten up, and Hervey permitted a deep breath to escape him.
She wanted to straighten out the chaos of her thoughts.
The man passed him, walking as if he were vainly trying to straightenhimself at every step.
He could not straighten himself up without agonizing pain.
Have the mast stand perfectly erect; if it is inclined to bend toward either side, straighten it and keep it upright.
See that the fulness is evenly distributed, and pull and straighten out the edges until you are satisfied with its appearance.
Straighten the leaf out a little at its widest part and you will find you have made a pair of leaves which are surprisingly natural.
Now give me your advice, my fair friend; tell me what I am to do in order to straighten the cup.
You yourself said just now it would be an everlasting disgrace for an emperor to be unable to straightenanything which lie himself made crooked.
It would be an everlasting disgrace for an emperor to be unable to straighten a thing which he himself made crooked.
I doubled myself into the thing for so long that when I finally emerged, I thought I'd never straighten myself!
They sent five mile into the Bush for the man that had set it first, to come an' straighten it an' set it again.
Would you like me to give you and Addison a job on shares this fall or winter, so that you could straighten this out?
A great many things have been so confused in my mind that I have hardly known where to begin to straighten them out.
Before he had time to straighten himself, the dislodged Bub aimed a furious kick at Ned, and in another minute our hero was in the thick of as merry a mill as any honest young Englishman could desire.
They straighten out the character and the morals of their children as they formerly straightened their legs by bandaging them.
Straighten up and let me see your face," he said at last, intent on the tramp's abject misery.
She had the mass of blonde hair in her fingers now, the comb in hand prepared to straighten out the tangle.
Now open up, and I'll help youstraighten out things.
The mate of the Fortitude was one of those long-limbed, powerful men, who seemed to have been built expressly to "straighten ten fathom of lance-wrap and do execution.
If he could interview the girl now for only five minutes he should be able probably to straighten out the whole intricate tangle.
The boys raise hell all night, an' then come ter me ter straighten it out in the mawnin'.
A sudden trill of laughter from the doorway caused her to straighten herself sharply and trot to the fireplace with a guilty air.
He was at work upon a tangled length of tarred rope, pulling and twisting with much energy and deftness to straighten out the coil, so that it leaped and writhed in his hands like a living thing.
Chances are that that will be enough to straighten things out.
I've been sending my reports back, so the UN and your Societics people will know how to straighten this mess out.
Into this medley of strange and curious things Linnæus was plunged with orders to "straighten it up.
All attempts to straighten it were vain, so they took out the lenses and went to work making a tube of copper.
Then he would straighten himself up, fold his arms across his breast, and take a few steps forward or back.
On being introduced, he arose from his chair and proceeded to straightenhimself up.
As the face is like a piece of silk, you can make a fold in it a number of times and it will straighten out of itself, but, if you continue to make a fold in it, it will in time be impossible to remove it.
Many a cold night have I been up two and three times to straighten his bed and cover him up.
Unfortunately for us, he was ordered to return to Fort Maginnis to straighten out some of his accounts while quartermaster, and Mrs. Bagley decided to remain as she was until Major Bagley's return.
The men sort of want to straighten up the bunk-room.
He would go back, of course, and straighten out the old score.
