He said, She's so uptight and straitlaced-howcould she possibly understand you?

You know-myideas are rather straitlaced,- Isupposeyou would say, Puritanical.

She is an old-fashioned, old-world lady, with peculiar straitlaced notions of her own.

I think critics today are a pretty straitlaced, sober lot.

He was not straitlaced, or mealy-mouthed, or overburthened with scruples.

Why had Cliffe been invited by these very respectable and straitlaced people the Grosvilles?

I don't think I'm more prejudiced or straitlaced than you: I think I'm less.

A few people are straitlaced, and a good many feel they have been taken in.

Bryan was younger, and much more straitlaced, than he.

No offense, Han, but Sean's too straitlaced for you.

The Boy is as straitlaced as a whalebone corset.

The result is a bit straitlaced, but the music is still well worth getting to know.

Unfortunately, Granduncle Reuben was very old-fashioned and straitlaced, and did not altogether trust the modern generation.

Chinese cooks appreciate green beans for their straitlaced, sensible quality, cooking them with simplicity and speed.

He was notoriously straitlaced in matters of sex.

Every one isn't as straitlaced as you, and every girl has had one or two engagements.