How to Use do right by in a Sentence

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• How can the world do right by a nation it’s so often wronged?
  — Marlene L. Daut, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2023
• For his part, Jackson has always tried to do right by the people he’s worked with.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022
• Yet Manchin seems to be one of the few Democrats who recognizes the danger of passing the bill and is endeavoring to do right by the public.
  — Tarren Bragdon, National Review, 11 Oct. 2021
• The winning licensee must always put the well-being of New Yorkers at the top of their agenda and do right by its residents.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
• There was an accountant that was on the left side of things and did not do right by me, and left me in a position where taxes were owed because they were not filed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
• When people’s faith in the government to do right by them fades, their expectation of businesses to fill the void grows.
  — Bruce Usher, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• In episode 2, the teens decided to do right by Jackie and finally, after two months of mourning, burn her body.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
• In 2022, America is still struggling to do right by Haiti in lasting and meaningful ways.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
• My experience in crypto is the vast, vast, vast majority of people want to do right by the rules.
  — Nikhilesh De, Fortune, 28 June 2022
• That said, the desire to do right by animals is still pushing some shoppers to choose flora over fauna.
  — Aria Darcella, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• Matriarch of the family, Mary is trying to do right by her daughters while coming to peace with her husband's death and the ton's judgment.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• Buffalo’s players will have heavy hearts but will also surely want to do right by their loved teammate.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
• Yet whatever steps Ewing takes to do right by his victims will never erase the impact of these deepfakes, or the harm that distributing them has done.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
• According to folks, the AGT judges didn’t do right by the 19-year-old aspiring singer who blew everyone away with her powerful vocals.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 June 2022
• Applause for an outfit producing lovely wine and taking extra steps to do right by their people and Earth.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
• An organization that already struggles to do right by women is standing by as their health and well-being are put at risk.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022
• Because a bigger opportunity comes with higher stakes to do right by it.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Los Angeles doesn’t always do right by its own history.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• But the organizations behind these protests need to do right by them by being smart about the design of any public interventions.
  — Time, 15 Nov. 2022
• For companies that want to do right by the environment today to create a better tomorrow, here are some areas to focus on.
  — Jagmeet Lamba, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• And while there are plenty of companies that do right by their employees, unions provide what investors would refer to as downside protection for members.
  — Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• On one hand, she is treated like plus-size internet royalty by mainstream media but, on the other, can't seem to do right by the everyday people who actually find the most value in her content.
  — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 9 Sep. 2022
• Hollywood can do right by themselves and the disabled community by making inclusive changes that cut across infrastructure, roles on and off-screen, and policies, as well as other areas.
  — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• Finally, Hollywood may soon do right by the undead community.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 17 Jan. 2023
• Thorough and responsible reporting can speak truth to power, expose conspiracies, and pressure key decision-makers to do right by others.
  — Brian Kateman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• That would offer an opportunity for a multilayered dialogue about how the country can properly transmit the collective memory of its colonial past and do right by those who risked their lives to maintain French dominance.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2023
• Now more than ever before, no matter where an executive aligns personally on the political spectrum, his or her decisions should consider how to do right by the community their business impacts.
  — Bruce Usher, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024