straitlaced dans le dictionnaire PONS

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais
His appearance is straitlaced: he always wears a pinstriped suit, a gleaming white shirt and a bow tie.
thenationonlineng.net
More than 40 years since its premiere, this greatest of all rock musicals can still inspire violent antipathy among the straitlaced.
www.telegraph.co.uk
It was a tragic story that showed a different side to the usually straitlaced detective, adding a new dimension to his character, and away from all the crime-solving.
www.independent.co.uk
I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as straitlaced, cantankerous, precuneus, valedictory.
www.npr.org
He is extremely straitlaced and responsible.
en.wikipedia.org
This is a straitlaced beer but pleasant and balanced.
news.nationalpost.com
Here, where the government is the booze business, many of us still recall liquor stores so straitlaced, the demon bottles were kept out of view.
www.lfpress.com
I was always the straitlaced good kid out of all my siblings.
en.wikipedia.org
The tragedy fuels the cop's turn from a straitlaced officer to an avenging force.
abcnews.go.com
The outcome was that the "buyers" offered the flirts (dubbed "likeable losers") 20% less, on average, than what they offered the more straitlaced sellers.
www.financialpost.com

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