Wait until she straightens up and broadens out a little, you'll see!
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
Buddy had heard of drillers decapitated by flying cables, of human bodies caught within those wire loops and cut in twain as if made of lard, for when a wedged tool resumes its downward plunge it straightens those coils above ground in the twinkling of an eye.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach
When he straightens his garden, he straightens himself.
"The Crooked House"
Brandon Fleming