How to Use right in a Sentence

right

1 of 4 adjective

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• The time may be right for some of those taxpayers to take a second look at their claims.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• Speaking of which, a superhero would be right at home cruising in her set of wheels.
  — Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 1 Apr. 2024

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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
• 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
• Early Americans went to war over the inalienable rights described by philosopher John Locke as the natural rights of life, liberty and property.
  — Nisha Whitehead, Orange County Register, 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 | [e-mail], 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
• In the clip, Carpenter and Keoghan, who first sparked dating rumors in late 2023, stood right in front of the couple, watching on as the rapper performed.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• Vibrant Mexican festival-goers come out in droves to this event, which takes place right in the heart of the capital city.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024

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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
• In a game that featured more punts than points, Charlotte was shut out for the first time since 2017 and will be looking to right the ship in Annapolis this time around.
  — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
• In our infancy, still, on righting our wrongs, this nation of immigrants should dig deeper.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024