(1) Moira sat stiffly upright in her straight-backed chair.

(2) She had put two straight-backed chairs at a kitchen table with a white porcelain top.

(3) Lady Jones sat in a straight-backed chair; several chil-dren sat cross-legged on the floor in front of her.

(4) When the inspector returned, he was straight-backed and solemn, like someone ready to give orders.

(5) Sit in firm, straight-backed chairs with high seats and armrests. You should avoid low, overstuffed chairs.

(6) A straight-backed chair without arms, usually part of a dining room set.

(7) We still see straight-backed chairs and laid-out cutlery as essential to a "proper" meal.

(8) She sat dawn in one of the cane chairs without speaking: straight-backed, hands folded.

(9) As he accepts the ceremonial neckerchief from a shy girl scout from Lancashire(http://), he is as straight-backed as any of the teenagers on parade.

(10) In the midday sun, the allure of a golden-globed Orthodox church was matched only by the three blue spires atop the straight-backed cathedral.

(11) The only furniture some steel locks, a table scarred with old cigarette burns, and several straight-backed chairs.