How to Use only right in a Sentence

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• In the context of the band’s ascendance, the grander sweep of the production feels only right.
  — Amos Barshad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Truly, the only right way for this season to end at this point is for all of the teachers to get struck by a bus, Regina George style.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• So, as is only right, RuPaul is coughing up some more of that sweet fracking money to give the queens time and a half.
  — Vulture, 7 Apr. 2022
• Trump's not the only right wing politician who could return to Twitter after a ban, either.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2022
• The only right afforded to such women was the right to protection, but even that could be revoked if a wife failed to obey her husband.
  — Laura Mallonee, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
• Of course, this was front-wheel drive before any of the Japanese (including Honda) acknowledged that such a layout was the only right way to build a small car.
  — Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2022
• Sometimes, celebrity dogs have plain old people names, which seems only right because babies now have former dog names such as Duke and King.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• Because in engineering, there is only right or wrong, there is only a one or a zero, and there are no gray areas in between.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
• Mercury can also be seen with the naked eye, but due to its proximity to the sun, it can be seen only right after sunset or before dawn, meaning those would be the best moments to see the entire alignment.
  — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
• When someone is set in black-and-white thinking, there’s no happy medium when dealing with conflict or other situations, only right or wrong, Hansen says.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023
• The fall shows gave us a lot to look forward to this season, from Khaite’s delectable assortment of leather jackets to Saint Laurent’s dresses that skimmed the floor with an elegance that seems only right for the fall and winter seasons.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2022
• Spindle’s four-year-old isn’t the only right whale in Spindle’s family to be affected by fishing gear entanglements, the aquarium said.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• The justices have an opportunity to do what’s not only right by the Constitution but also popular.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022
• On Sunday, only right guard Zack Martin was playing the position the Cowboys intended because of injuries.
  — Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2023
• The boutique is online shopping in the U.S. or curbside pickup only right now, and a quick browse on their website shows adorable car and mini tabletop diffusers featuring sweet island scents like guava, hibiscus plum and local flowers.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2024