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?!
• All things point the right way.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Raleigh has a right oblique strain.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• Wrong, now right, right, right.
  — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
• That, at least, was half right.
  — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• That doesn’t sound so bad, right?
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
• So which of these lessons is right?
  — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
• It’s not used very much, right?
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• The width of a hair, maybe, right?
  — Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• So which is the right way to go?
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
• Talk about the right way to do it.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
• The guy’s got a job to do, right?
  — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• And this is the right time to do it.
  — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
• One of the best of all time, right?
  — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
• Just the right size for a man your age.
  — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
• Folks and funds may be right to back him.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 May 2026
• At least there’s an app for that, right?
  — New Atlas, 10 May 2026
• But that can’t be the end of it, right?
  — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
• Just use what feels right—what brings you joy.
  — Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
• Black and white, right and wrong, cut and dried.
  — Erika Ettin, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
• And for many, that was the right choice to make.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• That was just a show that hit at the right time.
  — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026

right

2 of 4 noun

• Knowing the truth is her right.
• We discussed the rights and wrongs of genetic cloning.
• We were stripped of our rights.
  — Keith Sharon, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026
• One on the left, one on the right?
  — Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
• No one has a right to take him away.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
• That sound was to my right, down the left-field line.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
• All of this goes to prove that health care is not a right.
  — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
• The chaise can be changed from left to right to suit your space.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023
• Max Muncy then drove a deep fly drive to right.
  — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
• Two wrongs will never make a right.
  — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
• That there doesn’t have to be a right and a wrong way to grieve.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 17 Oct. 2020
• School is a right for every child.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 3 May 2026
• Both are historic sites in their own right.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
• So off the front of the second deck in right.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
• There were still challenges from the right.
  — National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
• The threats aren't just coming from the right.
  — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 7 June 2026
• Move the slider back to the right to the same date last year.
  — Brandon Miller, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
• 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
• Click it to open, then click the three dots in the upper right.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2022
• There’s no right or wrong way to cut the cabbage for this soup.
  — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
• Nico Baumbach then fouled out to right.
  — Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026
• Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• Sign up here to receive an email right as the chat is about to start.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
• There’s a menu list on the left side, with channel icons on the right.
  — Jason Cipriani, CNN Underscored, 2 July 2020
• So that’s a core group that earned the right to keep running it back.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Know her life cold, then earn the right to sell her nothing for a while.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• The sperm donor has the legal right to fight for parental rights of the child.
  — Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
• And there is no right to a jury trial.
  — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
• Then there is the question of who has the right of way when the bridge opens.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
• To do this, find the song and press on the three-dot menu to the right of the track.
  — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025

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.
• Chefs kiss tagline right there.
  — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
• Plopped in and pulled right out.
  — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
• Her house used to be right there.
  — Jane Pauley, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
• With a knife stabbed right through it.
  — Rachel McRady, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• The beam went right through the drone.
  — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
• That’s a lot that needs to go right.
  — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
• Was that a green star right next to it?
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
• The tomb was right there in front of me.
  — Talla Mountjoy, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
• One of the men stepped right in her way.
  — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• Done right, these wines hand the place back to you.
  — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• This can range from one day right through to five years!
  — Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• Check the nodes where the growth comes out right at the cane.
  — oregonlive, 28 May 2022
• Luke jumped so high that his beer flew right out of his hand!
  — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 2 May 2020
• The servers could walk right up to the door and ring the bell.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
• Coming home to close it out right.
  — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026
• That was the moment right there.
  — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
• The forest comes right to the pane.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
• Well, life went left instead of right.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 June 2026
• And that’s one of the main things right there is how those guys play.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
• Done right, the capsule evolves with you.
  — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
• That's like a fivesome right there.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026

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.
• For now, the team must lick its wounds and be ready to right the ship.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• The Mets could make more deals as the team seeks to right the ship.
  — Simone Foxman, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• The Knicks merely need to right their wrongs.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
• The Lightning have two days to right the ship.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
• There is still time to right the ship and get the program back on track.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
• Also, three teams are looking to right the ship.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• The lamp can only be tossed and kissed and righted and adored.
  — Jaya Saxena, GQ, 3 July 2018
• However, there is still time to right the ship.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
• One of those was how to right the city’s financial ship.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
• When righted, the images turn out to look more like palm trees.
  — Joan Baez, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• In all likelihood, this team will right the ship soon.
  — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• Of course, the idea is that Gunn and Safran will right the ship.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022
• Could this week's series sweep be the spark needed to right the ship?
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• The smart move, for now, is to give Colome a chance to right himself.
  — Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
• Take part and learn more about this issue and how to help right a historic wrong.
  — cleveland, 26 Mar. 2021
• Luis Robert brought two home with a single to right for the game’s first runs.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
• Wells has been trying to right itself and move past the scandal.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• Coming off a loss, the Browns will be anxious to right to ship.
  — Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
• Attempts to right the ship appear not to be working.
  — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 9 June 2026
• The ship lay on its side for days before righting itself.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Jan. 2026
• 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
• After his pep talk, the defense seemed to respond and right the ship.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2019
• And last year’s wrongs have not yet been righted in any tangible way.
  — Sam Blum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• Since when is the department charged with righting the wrongs of the past?
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• An effective blitzer who can rush the passer off the edge or right up the gut.
  — oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2021