How to Use right wing in a Sentence
right wing
noun- His nomination is supported by the party's left wing but opposed by the right wing.
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Young's 3 from the right wing put the Hawks up 15 early in the third.
— George Henry, Star Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021 -
Hall has shifted from the left to the right wing, and has played on both units.
— BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2021 -
The right wing scored 138 goals in his first four seasons.
— BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021 -
His 3-pointer from the right wing restored the lead and sparked a 7-0 run.
— Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2021 -
The right wing doesn’t believe there is such a thing as the common good.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2022 -
When Williams passed Perkins the ball on the right wing, her 3-pointer rippled through the net.
— Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2022 -
Mark Pysyk played right wing on the fourth line Tuesday.
— Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2021 -
While descending through patchy fog, the right wing struck the side of a hill.
— Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021 -
How does the right wing in Germany today view the Weimar years?
— Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Desi Sills stops the bleeding with a 3 from the right wing out of the timeout.
— Scottie Bordelon, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2021 -
Early in the first quarter, Irving had the ball on the right wing.
— Mike Mazzeo, Forbes, 11 May 2021 -
With 3:14 left in the half, Harper drained a long 3-pointer from the right wing and was fouled.
— Chris Iseman, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2021 -
Spurs had hoped to sign Traoré and turn him into a right wing-back.
— Robert Kidd, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Turner had a wide-open attempt with 1:07 to go from the right wing but hit that one off the back of the rim.
— Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2022 -
The Capitals do get a very good prospect in right wing Ryan Leonard.
— Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023 -
Peterson got tied up on the right wing and threw away a pass.
— Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2021 -
The Wizards worked down the shot clock, and Caldwell-Pope’s attempt from the right wing went in off the glass.
— San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2022 -
He was seen as a right wing with a big shot and decent hands, but not much else.
— Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022 -
The bird is still entangled in the manja, which has cut its right wing.
— Laura Fornell, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2022 -
Mikesell got an open look from the right wing that went off the iron and grabbed the rebound but turned it over.
— oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2021 -
There is a right wing in the country that has been very critical of that.
— Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2022 -
And the rest — in the right wing of the building — died under the rubble, because there was no one to pull them out.
— Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2022 -
The impact ripped off the plane’s right wing, which was found on the north end of the pond, according to the NTSB report.
— Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 27 July 2024 -
And over the last six years, no right wing has scored more than Pastrnak (215 goals).
— Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022 -
The teams traded the lead two more times before Baker swished the long 3-pointer from the right wing.
— Jim Vertuno, ajc, 22 Mar. 2021 -
Smith returned to his right wing spot on the No. 2 line, with Hall at left wing and Coyle at pivot.
— BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021 -
The surging power of Israel’s right wing came at the expense of its left flank.
— Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2022 -
The Israeli right wing bitterly opposes a cease-fire and even, in the view of some of its leaders, wants to return settlers to Gaza.
— Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024 -
His political statements have aligned more openly with the right wing.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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