How to Use right now in a Sentence

right now

adverb
  • In a sense, that’s the whole ballgame for the GOP right now.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 July 2023
  • There are only like 100 in the U.S. right now, it’s called the Monarch.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Uh-oh Even the easy plays aren’t easy right now for Fields and the Bears.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • So [there's] a lot of Legos in the Cousins house right now.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And right now, the world needs changing for the better.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The current state of the world right now is pretty bleak in a lot of ways.
    Liz Appel, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Trust me, right now, Stiles has his own fires to put out.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 27 Jan. 2023
  • There's no easy way to get your point across right now.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • But there are big pros of cell phone use right now, too.
    Adiah Siler, Parents, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Here's our rundown of the best Roku deals out there right now.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And yet where would the Bucks be right now without Allen?
    Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
  • There are many movies right now that focus on the Ukraine.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
  • So -- so, what is the true state of the pandemic right now?
    ABC News, 24 Apr. 2022
  • In this moment right now, the first thing that comes to mind is like, wow.
    Quinci Legardye, ELLE, 16 Sep. 2022
  • And, Sling Blue is on sale right now for half off your first month!
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Is Taylor Swift the biggest pop star in the world right now?
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2022
  • None of this, in the short term, can get me out of the dilemmas posed right now by the new weight loss drugs.
    Johann Hari, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • And where the times are at right now is boy groups, Jewel, and most of all, R&B—things not rock.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2022
  • There are many countries around the world right now where this is their hour of need.
    CBS News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The wait for a table on a weekend evening is long right now; the catch is to go at lunchtime.
    Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But right now, the voters have a voice in the decision.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The big use case for bitcoin right now is as a store of value.
    Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • And right now, the trending dress is on sale for Labor Day.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Leasing might not be the best option for you right now, and that's OK.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Some guys have to grow their games that are on our roster right now.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Wednesday That brings us to the #2 Netflix series in the US right now.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Read on for the best Apple deals to shop at Amazon right now.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Oh, and the entire site is 30% off right now, while jeans and flannels are 50% off.
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The primary risks as of right now look to be large to very-large hail and damaging wind gusts, as well as flash flooding.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 3 May 2025
  • The time for your next move is right now, no matter what your current situation is.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025

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