How to Use on the right/wrong side of (someone) in a Sentence

on the right/wrong side of (someone)

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  • Both types of headaches can cause pain on the right side of your head.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
  • Messi had hit the side netting on the wrong side of the post.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • At times, the riders were driving on the wrong side of the road.
    Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • How to comply Here’s how to stay on the right side of the law.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • When Cure's body is turned over, blood can be seen on the right side of his back.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Gondrezick was treated for a cut on the right side of her face and neck pain.
    Josh Margolin, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • When heading eastward, sit on the right side of the train for the best views.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • My job is to keep you on the right side of the financial markets.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Soulja Boy has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At the very least, the city has put itself on the wrong side of history.
    Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • For most of us, one of the fastest ways to wake up on the wrong side of the bed is to not spend enough time in it.
    TIME, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Johnson ended up with the ball on the right side of the floor as the seconds ticked away.
    Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2021
  • UConn needs to punch first in these high-profile matchups to get on the right side of the ledger.
    Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Judd had a clean look on the right side of the penalty box, but his right-footed tap went wide right.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • Look, sometimes everyone wakes up on the wrong side of the bed — that’s just life!
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Most of the time, kids and parents sit on the right side of the restaurant and the left side is more adult.
    Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And a significant number of them got caught up on the wrong side of the law.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 20 May 2025
  • And long ago, both were raised on the wrong side of the poverty line in the Deep South.
    Longreads, 8 July 2025
  • But the chickens remain in their eggs and shouldn’t be counted on to hatch on the right side of the coop.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • Each time, the breakdowns seemed to begin on the right side of the offensive line.
    Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2020
  • During the fight, the suspect pulled a blade and cut the victim on the right side of his face, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • Mizzou was on the right side of the scoreboard for more than 38 minutes.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Daniels said things are going well between him and Jackson on the right side of the line.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
  • For the first time in weeks, Maryland was on the right side of a one-possession game.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Still there’s a sense that, on Gaza, Biden has gotten on the wrong side of a chunk of his base.
    Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Most ports sit in a recessed area on the right side of the back of the TV, facing right.
    PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Walz will be positioned on the right side of the television screen and Vance on the left side.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Smith used her speed to race past two defenders on the right side of the field and chase down a Julie Ertz pass.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
  • The margins are tight, and the Niners can be on the right side of them again in 2025.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The ozone layer was on the wrong side of the boundary in the 1990s, Richardson said.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023

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