How to Use right off in a Sentence

right off

adverb
  • Hold the tail and pick the flaky white meat right off the bones.
    David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Then once the potatoes are cooked, the skin comes right off.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The area is right off the Charlestown town beach over the South Kingstown line.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • Paresh Dave: Man, putting me on the spot right off the bat.
    WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • These wipes from Lime Crime will wipe the dye right off.
    Jillian Ruffo, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2022
  • Where the reef is, there's a huge drop-off, like 1,000 feet right off the shore.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The aluminum foil will peel right off the backside of the patch.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Chris Thompson: To me, that was a big red flag right off the bat.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Rachel ripping the smug grin right off of Shane’s face.
    Liam Hes, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Don’t expect to land roles right off the bat, Sturges said.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The long and anguished drives to states with laws not rooted in the 1800s will take the pounds right off.
    Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • Cameron made some buckets right off the bat, and Miles did his thing.
    Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2022
  • There were a bunch of pitches that were right off the edges, even.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2023
  • There are a few notable things to know right off the bat.
    cleveland, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Plum drove right off Dolson’s screen, stopped, popped and made the 2-pointer to end the game.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2021
  • Be careful not to go too close to the water’s edge, as the sludge will suck the shoes right off your feet.
    Soumya Karlamangla, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Rutherford, who goes by @geodesaurus on the app, was met with success right off the bat.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The best way to enjoy nigiri is right off the chef’s hand.
    Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The thing that struck me the most right off the bat is that downtown Durham was not this magnet (of things to do).
    Zachery Eanes, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • The powder room is next to the laundry room, right off the foyer.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The nail polish wiped right off, but there was no evidence of it on the pad.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Apr. 2022
  • And then some young Turk comes along who's not in a routine and can knock you right off your perch.
    Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But the manager’s goal wasn’t to put KayCyy on right off the bat.
    Brenton Blanchet, Billboard, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The blanket of cheese should threaten to slide right off the top with the smallest nudge of the table.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • The hip enclave is covered in street art and is right off the Delhi metro.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021
  • And even on [The Midnight Club], there were cast members who rolled right off of this.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 20 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a place called La Gloria right off the highway that has great menudo.
    Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Make the short drive to the fishing village of Southport to eat fresh seafood brought in right off the boats docked in the port.
    Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
  • There were at least ten whales right off the boat’s starboard.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Broncos ball inside the Seattle 10-yard line, but a false start moves them back right off the bat.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024

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