How to Use get (something) right in a Sentence
get (something) right
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Make sure your videos have a clear hook and get right to the point.
—Saul Marquez, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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The Hawks scored three runs in the frame on just one hit to get right back in it.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2024
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For us strong words and images are the same: tricky to get right, easy to love.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
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That was the trickiest and took the longest to get right.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
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Fortuné says that the Evie monologue was a tricky scene to get right.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
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But for all its flaws, one thing the film does get right is picking Shuri as the next in line.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2023
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The latter is, in our opinion, the hardest part of a fresh face to get right.
—Angela Law, refinery29.com, 27 May 2024
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Scroll on to shop our top picks from the sale, or hit the button below to get right to it.
—Micki Wagner, Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2023
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Yet the most important part to get right was the Freakos themselves.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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These are signings the club has to get right in a season where survival is the main aim.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2025
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Again, get right to the problem and make your how-to or fix easy to accomplish.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
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The highlight, of course, is being able to get right up close to one of the antenna.
—Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Once on the trail, though, Kick Turn was useful but took more focus to get right.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
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Coors Field is a great place for slumping hitters to get right.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 26 June 2025
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Love once again doesn’t hesitate to get right in the middle of the action.
—David Petkiewicz, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
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But how that will work with lots of users, on lots of devices and platforms, will be tricky to get right.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
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For me, as a female runner, the sports bra is one of the most essential pieces of gear to get right.
—Nikhita Mahtani, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2023
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One detail Saltburn does get right in this portion of the film, though?
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
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That said, this type of opener does take some muscle and a bit of a learning curve to get right.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
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That said, this type of opener does take some muscle and a bit of a learning curve to get right.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2023
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The most crucial part to get right is connecting the cleaner.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
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There are some scenes that took me a day to write, some scenes that took me two days to write, and some scenes that took me a month or a year to get right.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Dec. 2022
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Once you're cleared to dig your hole, the two most important things to get right are the diameter and depth of the hole.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 Feb. 2023
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Rui Hachimura, who felt a little tightness in his calf, was going to take the time to get right.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Keep in Mind The pressure setting took some trial and error to get right.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023
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Instead of using the time to fully get right, the Lakers have gone 5-5 in their building.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
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All land on Lord Howe is leasehold, and old-islanders get right of first refusal.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 22 May 2025
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Cline noted that the first gunfight in the film, set in front of a saloon, was among the most tricky to get right in terms of color and lighting.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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If making October and going on a deep run is in the Yankees plans, Fried will need to get right sooner rather than later.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
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But neutrals are often the hardest colors to get right and choosing the wrong one can have the opposite effect, making your space seem dim, flat, and small.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025
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