Usage of "straight-laced"

Exaggeratedly proper.

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Usage of straight-laced in English

Grandfather Jonathan Forrest, the straight-laced Puritan, had died of a hunting accident. 
 The Little Lady of the Big House 

They were the straight-laced brethren who walked so erect that they leaned backward. 
 Mystic Christianity; Or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 

I picked the most straight-laced, stereotypically boring thing that I could think of. 
 Monster Hunter International 

Chappelle hilariously portrayed both artists against Murphy's straight-laced you-had-to-see-it-to-believe-it recollection. 
 Ebony 

For such an apparently straight-laced man, Federed does seem to have some colourful supporters. 
 The Guardian 

I never could have guessed that you were straight-laced, Annie. 
 A Sweet Girl Graduate 

I can't even fake my way through a straight-laced, straight-faced write-up about this trailer. 
 Wired 

He's easy enough, but scratch him and you come upon a very straight-laced aristocrat. 
 The Hunt Ball Mystery 

His straight-laced talk was interspersed with occasional quirky moments. 
 Reuters 

I suppose French morality is not of that straight-laced description which is shocked at trifles. 
 The Innocents Abroad 

But let us leave so straight-laced a spot behind. 
 Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras / Being the Rand... 

West portrayed Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne as painfully earnest, straight-laced, clean-cut and trustworthy. 
 Reuters 

I thought you were a straight-laced chapel goer. 
 A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle 

More straight-laced Romans stayed away, or claimed to. 
 BBC 

A few years older than Tom, and much more straight-laced, they didn't travel in the same circles. 
 Truths unveiled 

It was not that she was straight-laced. 
 Winding Paths 

Meanings of straight-laced in English