How to Use right in a Sentence

right

1 of 4 adjective
Definition of rightnext
Synonyms for rightnext
  • Telling the teacher was the right thing to do.
  • You're right; the answer is six.
  • You were right to tell the teacher about the girl who you saw cheating.
  • You can't treat me like this! It's not right!
  • There's something not quite right about his story.
  • Their theory was proved right.
  • Am I right in thinking that he should have never loaned her the money?
  • I bet you like baseball. Am I right?
  • Let me get this right—you want me to lend you $1,000?!
  • It’s one of the best ways to get off on the right foot.
    — cleveland, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Tap or click for the steps to deep clean your phone the right way.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The goal of the films is to get one’s heart racing, right?
    — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 14 June 2018
  • There’s a right way and a wrong way to clean your screen.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Maines and her bandmates took the floor at just the right time.
    — Maura Johnston, EW.com, 13 July 2020
  • My aim was just to be able to catch the right color in the veil.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 18 May 2019
  • In the first frame, the man might have his right foot firmly on the ground.
    — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PCMAG, 25 Aug. 2023
  • That's right: the fast track to a prized life starts with music in the womb.
    — Erik Vance, Scientific American, 15 May 2018
  • All the players can do now is trust the man in charge makes the right moves.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • One, there’s a lot of good people here that think about the game the right way.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
  • On whether that's the right way to talk about it or the wrong way to do something.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Extend your right arm out to the side with your palm flat on the floor.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In the right amount, sebum helps make your hair soft and shiny.
    — Emily Rekstis, SELF, 10 July 2020
  • On the shop’s right side, a small but mighty retail stock.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 Jan. 2020
  • This song felt really on the nose but in the right way.
    — Jen Malone and Fam Rothstein, USA TODAY, 3 May 2018
  • The question is whether the right thing is smart business.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The grade couldn’t have been anything but an A+, right?
    — Hayden Grove, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Well, that would have been nice to know eight years ago, right?
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Landry Shamet seems to be hitting his stride at the right time.
    — Mike Mazzeo, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • Her teeth on the right side of her jaw didn’t touch anymore.
    — New York Times, 15 June 2022
  • Muller lost both of his legs — his right leg below the knee and his left leg above the knee.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
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right

2 of 4 noun
  • Knowing the truth is her right.
  • We discussed the rights and wrongs of genetic cloning.
  • Look to the left and to the right and thank that person.
    — Ashraf Khalil, Time, 31 May 2020
  • The bulb on the left is colder than the bulb on the right.
    — WIRED, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The model on the right wore the same print but in a beanie.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2022
  • His drive on the par-4 17th sailed into the trees on the right.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Move the slider back to the right to the same date last year.
    — Brandon Miller, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Along and to the right of the track of the storm is where the winds will be strongest.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • And there's a push on the part of the right to try to force some Bedouin out.
    — CBS News, 23 June 2021
  • Nobody knew the name of the man to his left or to his right.
    — Michael Clevenger, USA TODAY, 7 June 2020
  • The storm of criticism came from both the right and the left.
    — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The sperm donor has the legal right to fight for parental rights of the child.
    — Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
  • That there doesn’t have to be a right and a wrong way to grieve.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Click it to open, then click the three dots in the upper right.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Then there is the question of who has the right of way when the bridge opens.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
  • The chaise can be changed from left to right to suit your space.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The right to choose and access to healthcare are on the line.
    — Essence.com, 12 July 2018
  • Staircases to the right of the front door go up and down.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2021
  • There’s a menu list on the left side, with channel icons on the right.
    — Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 2 July 2020
  • The beit din then has the right to demand the get be given.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Place both hands on your hips, and slowly lean to the right.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 22 May 2020
  • Make sure to look through the dropdown menu to find the size right for your bed.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 27 Nov. 2019
  • And yet, over the last two years, more and more folks on the right have embraced it.
    — Rick Santorum, National Review, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Slowly lean to the right and press down with your left foot.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Click your profile icon in the top right of your screen.
    — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022
  • There was even a bidding war for the right to push the button.
    — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Even the target of the grand jury has no right to be present.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • There is no right or wrong way to run, but there are pros and cons to both.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2020
  • On the 10th hole, Scheffler flew an iron right at the pin on a day when the greens were ice blocks.
    — Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2024
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right

3 of 4 adverb
  • The ball hit me right in the face.
  • He left his bags right in the middle of the floor.
  • You are right on time.
  • The bank is right next to the pharmacy.
  • The parking lot is right in front of the building.
  • When the boss yelled at him, he quit right then and there.
  • She was waiting right outside the door.
  • The keys are right where I said they would be.
  • We arrived right at noon.
  • The servers could walk right up to the door and ring the bell.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
  • Check the nodes where the growth comes out right at the cane.
    — oregonlive, 28 May 2022
  • The first full moon of the year is right around the corner.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 11 Jan. 2021
  • There was a loud wham, right in the side of the Land Rover.
    — Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Stay ready, look for the beak or even the eye, and shoot right at the head.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Greens can be cleaned, dried, and put right in the bag.
    — Marshall Bright, CNN Underscored, 24 June 2020
  • See the first one up top and the second down right here.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 7 Feb. 2019
  • The cat, in gold and onyx, was perched right above the enormous stone.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 20 Mar. 2019
  • See the camera right there with the light that just went off?
    — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • And of course, snow-sports season is right around the bend.
    — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Shelton drove one to right on the next at-bat but right at the RF.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 5 June 2023
  • The only church in town was right in front of our house.
    — Zito Madu, GQ, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Men know all too well that the prostate sits right in front of the rectum.
    — Dr. Jared Heiner, idahostatesman, 19 Feb. 2018
  • My mom used to get her nails done in that shop right there.
    — Kenan Draughornestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Barkov poked in a loose puck from right in front with 6:34 left.
    — Paul Gereffi, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The resurgence in right-to-work laws may now be ebbing.
    — Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, 28 Jan. 2020
  • We were pretty much shot down, just right out of the gate.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 18 June 2020
  • Schantz thinks that's where Dadashov will fit right in.
    — Briar Napier, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2020
  • Jake looks right at home on his comfy bed in the kitchen!
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The tune debuts at No. 25 on the 50-spot tally—right in the middle.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Luke jumped so high that his beer flew right out of his hand!
    — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 2 May 2020
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right

4 of 4 verb
  • No one can right all the wrongs in the world.
  • It was time to right an old wrong.
  • They righted the capsized boat.
  • The government needs to do something to right the economy.
  • He quickly righted himself after he fell off the chair.
  • The Mets could make more deals as the team seeks to right the ship.
    — Simone Foxman, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Of course, the idea is that Gunn and Safran will right the ship.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But Facebook seems ready to right some wrongs of the past.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Of course, the well-meaning Clark sets things to right.
    — Misha Berson, Variety, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The smart move, for now, is to give Colome a chance to right himself.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • So states set out to right what the FCC got wrong, in their own laws.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The midterms are a chance to right the course of history.
    — Carrie Siubutt, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • And there clearly aren’t enough of them to right the GOP now.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Witt slid toward the line, made the stop and then tried to right himself to make the throw home.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Then, to open the seventh, Bart drilled a single to right.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Luis Robert brought two home with a single to right for the game’s first runs.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • Yet, the Irish got healthy and began to right their season.
    — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The lamp can only be tossed and kissed and righted and adored.
    — Jaya Saxena, GQ, 3 July 2018
  • Corey Seager hit the first pitch to right for a single.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Jack Mayfield opened the bottom of the eighth with a single to right.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • Coming off a loss, the Browns will be anxious to right to ship.
    — Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The name change is an effort to right a historic wrong.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Wyoming had since honored the men, attempting to right the wrongs of the past.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • On the contrary: Hill is making an attempt to right the wrongs of the genre.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The preparations to right the ship's hull took eight months.
    — Tara Law, Time, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Since when is the department charged with righting the wrongs of the past?
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • No one knew if Harbaugh would be able to right the ship in Year 7.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Of course, better times alone won’t right the world’s ship.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The quickest way to right the ship is to zero in on culture.
    — Sean Cantwell, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • An effective blitzer who can rush the passer off the edge or right up the gut.
    — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2021

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