Examples of 'nearly straight' in a sentence

Meaning of "nearly straight"

This phrase is used to describe something that is almost completely straight, with just a slight deviation or bend. It implies that the object or line is almost perfectly aligned, but not perfectly straight

How to use "nearly straight" in a sentence

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The columella is nearly straight in the middle.
The front margin of the disc is nearly straight.
The spire has nearly straight outlines.
The columella is obliquely produced and nearly straight.
The plains have a nearly straight shoreline.
Nearly straight to the goal.
The mouth is wide and nearly straight.
The mouth is nearly straight and bears long furrows at the corners.
The suture is deep and nearly straight.
The storm moved on a nearly straight northwest track, eventually making landfall near Port Mansfield, Texas.
The short siphonal canal is nearly straight.
The columella is nearly straight and very thin plated.
The outlines of the spire are nearly straight.
Bouguereau 's career was a nearly straight up ascent with hardly a setback.
The line of the escarpment is nearly straight.

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Inside flank 23 has a nearly straight flat surface or slightly curved surface.
The columella is long and nearly straight.
The nearly straight Ovipositor is rarely shorter than 25 millimeters.
His hair shot up in a nearly straight line.
Some of the threads show faint traces of articulation The columella is nearly straight.
The columellar margin is nearly straight in its lower part.
They grow upright to erect and may be crooked or nearly straight.
Outer margin nearly straight.
The second half is less contorted and often sinuous or nearly straight.
The base is nearly straight.
The spire is high with its lateral outlines nearly straight.
They may be nearly straight.
No curvature radius is defined for the case of a straight or nearly straight line.
The small and protrusible mouth is nearly straight and surrounded by prominent furrows.
The outer fronds arch over sideways but the central ones are nearly straight.
The approach is nearly straight in.
I guess I will articulate that by saying that short curves are nearly straight.
The margin is nearly straight.
Therefore, the system works on roads only which are straight or very nearly straight.
These characteristic curves are nearly straight lines in this case.
The outer sideof the aperture is well rounded, the columella margin nearly straight.
Lateral line nearly straight.
When viewed from the same height, the word appears nearly straight.
The resulting curve is a nearly straight east-west line.
Then, to step flat he will have to keep his knee nearly straight.
The resulting curve is a nearly straight east - west line.
When planted on the ice with weight upon it, the blade describes a nearly straight line.
It 's a lot easier to back up in a nearly straight line, adding small corrections.
For nearly a decade, the stock market seemed to move nearly straight up.
It's about an hour's drive nearly straight up the side of the mountain.
Eclipses occur when the three bodies form a nearly straight line.
It is nearly straight to sickle shape and contains 20 to 30 seeds.
The basal lip is nearly straight.
Line 6, a nearly straight east-west line running parallel and to the north of Line 1.
The supratympanic fold is nearly straight.

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