straight-backed

or straight-back

[ streyt-bakt ]

adjective

1. having a straight, usually high, back:

   a straight-backed chair.

Example Sentences

Juicy’s interactions with Opal, his old pal who similarly refuses to conform to gender expectations, and straight-backed Larry, who has a secret tenderness for Juicy, are revealing.

From Los Angeles Times

Once her health declined, she continued to direct her nieces with authority from her straight-backed chair and never gave up her role as teacher and matriarch of the family.

From Salon

The chandeliers, Formica tables and straight-backed chairs of the Club have remained largely unchanged since it was set up more than 70 years ago.

From BBC

And on the sofa sits a straight-backed woman with a fur hat and a dark brown coat.

From Literature

I have not yet learned detachment, and I’m not handling the secondary trauma with the straight-backed indifference that is expected of physicians.

From Washington Post