How to use "right" in a sentence

It is the last time I will wave goodbye with my right hand.

The boulder then hits my right arm and traps my hand against the right side of the canyon.

The voice in my head is right

If I do it right, the ball will stick in the space between the boulder and the canyon wall.

It takes twenty-five throws before it lands in the right place

If I can throw the rope around this, it might hold everything in the right position.

That leaves only the third, and worst, plan: I will have to amputate my right arm

Then I tie webbing around my right arm and put rope around each of my legs

I do the same for my right arm, using webbing.

All I have for the time I've spent on this is a long red line across my right arm

Could you call me right away if he gets back?'

I pull out the knife and look at the deep hole I've made in my right arm

'Yes, I'll do that right now

It's perfect - just the right size and weight.

My right arm has no hand

My right hand died long ago

The voice is right

He pulls at the things over my right arm and asks Steve what they are.

The largest whale was only 180 feet long and if these men were right, this was even larger

I saw the harpoon leave his hand and hit the giant creature right in its back

Its force knocked me right out of the ship into the dark cold ocean.

"Sir, are you all right, sir?" Thank God, it was my faithful assistant Conseil.

He was right

"Quite right, Conseil

"That's right, Professor

"Because I think I see it right there."

'Is it all right to drink?' she wondered.

It was the right size for her head.

'All right,' it said

Do you think at your age it is right?'

'That is not right,' said the Caterpillar

Then she went to the Caterpillars mushroom and broke off some of it with her right hand

In a short time, she was her right size again.

'You see, I was right

'All right,' said Alice

'All right then

'All right, all right,' said the King

I like that all right.

He was right.

But I just try to do the right thing.'

He didn't look up but, after a minute, he said, 'Perhaps you're right.'

Her hair was different, and she looked a bit older, and a bit tired, but it was her all right

'Perhaps I can put things right with Jenny,' I thought, 'now that I've found her again.' But the more I thought about it, the more I finally understood that it was better for the boy to be with Jenny and her husband, and not to have an idiot for a father.

But most of the time I just try to do the right thing.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of ''interposition" and "nullification" - one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

"Resolved: that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes."

While the strict legal right may exist in the government to enforce the exercise of these offices, the attempt to do so would be so irritating, and so nearly impracticable withal, that I deem it better to forego for the time the uses of such offices.

Is it true, then, that any right, plainly written in the Constitution, has been denied? I think not

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written Constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution - certainly would if such a right were a vital one

Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their CONSTITUTIONAL right of amending it, or their REVOLUTIONARY right to dismember or overthrow it.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail, by the judgment of this great tribunal, the American people.

If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action

To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

On the contrary, I hold that non-cooperation is a just and religious doctrine; it is the inherent right of every human being and it is perfectly constitutional

To those people in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them, help themselves, for whatever period is required - not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right.

When Dr Llewellyn examined the body, he thought the killer was right-handed

Chandler arrived at number 29 and noted down that the woman was lying on her back, with a deep cut from left to right across her throat and mutilations to her stomach

Mr Diemschutz looked down to his right and in the pitch darkness he could just see a shape on the ground

So in less than fifteen minutes the Ripper took Catherine into Mitre square, killed her, mutilated her horribly, and escaped - right under the noses of the police! His escape was amazing

He walked to his right round the corner, where there were two windows of number 13

He lived at the Victoria Home, a workingmen's lodging house in Commercial Street, right in the middle of the murder area, and very near Goulston Street, where the piece of Eddowes's apron was found

He then put his shoes into the bag and, grasping the iron bar in his right hand, he moved quietly towards the door of the bishop's bedroom

He stared fiercely at him and said, 'So, it's you again! I was right

Jondrette was on his left, his wife was standing on his right near the door

Marius, meanwhile, raised his right hand with the gun, ready to fire the warning shot.

'Do you remember the little inn in Montfermeil eight years ago? You took away our Cosette, do you remember? Wearing that old yellow coat, pretending you were a tramp! Well, now you're going to learn that you can't make things right by just bringing a few hospital blankets! You're the cause of all my troubles

Leblanc's right hand and, producing a pen and paper, began:

You'll be all right.'

'All right, I'll fetch her today

Marius thought it was right to exclude Valjean from Cosette's life

Pontmercy is absolutely right,' he said, changing his voice

I try to stand, but then I realise that my head hurts and that there is a sharp pain behind my right ear

It seems like the ground is moving slowly up, and I believe that this is right

She has long brown hair that right now looks a little untidy

"Is that right? Are you a pom, mate?"

"Oh, is that right? Me and Darwin live near there! It looks like we're neighbours!"

I have all the diamonds right here

And Jake knows that he is right.

But then the man looks to the right, and Jake knows it is his best chance

"Ha, she's right!" laughs Michael

He understands, and she is right: there is nothing he can do.

"That's right, little boy

Then, standing right in front of you in the dark, you see the burglar, and he looks back at you and shouts

No, the only thing that is important is something that the church can offer him right now

He was right: there are a few people inside

He looks to the right wall and sees what he is looking for: a large wooden box with two doors.

He looks at his right hand on the steering wheel

He worked in the lumber yard, and he tried to do things right

Every year" Greg said, "hundreds of tourists come here, right? Most of them are rich, and some of them are very rich

You can either play the game right: you play it straight

That's right

And, right now, it's very important to you." And he takes the gag from Jimmy's mouth.

You're right Mr Wynn

Everything you said about me is right

She looks around the carriage: there are only eight other people there: a young couple holding hands and talking quietly on the seat opposite her; two businessmen a few seats to her right; an old lady two seats to her left; a mother and son at the far end of the carriage

Her right boot was wet through

"It's you and me, right? And a waterfall behind us." He smiled

Actually, Ding was probably right

All at once, she was sure that something wasn't right.

"That's right," said Gran

Great-Uncle Eston, right?" said Sala

"You're right

Of course, Gran was right

She wanted to tell Cham right away that she hated the idea

"Well, we're going to have a pod experience together, right? Then we'll know how it feels

"You can change over there." She handed them each a slippery, silvery suit and pointed them in the right direction.

Wheeee! A loud, clear whistle, right by her ear

"It was unreal, all right," remarked Sala weakly.

"But you did enjoy it, right?"

And I loved it right at the end, when that big dolphin came up to you and lifted you out of the water."

You remember following the dolphins to see the fish, right?"

"That's right!"

we want to be together, right?"

"All right, Cham," she said slowly

"That's right," Mom agreed

"No, no, you're quite right

And what if - just what if - she was right?

"Cham, you have to do what's right for you

She wished she could be with Cham, but his family was in crisis; they all needed him more than she did right now

Uncle Eston is right - this could all be very dangerous."

"Ah, right," nodded Cham

What more could she say? Cham's number one consideration right now was his family, and she couldn't stand in the way of that; but she wished that he would at least think about other possibilities.

Is that right?"

"That's right."

She arrived early and didn't have to wait in line, so in a few minutes, she was stretching her legs and then running mechanically, left-foot right-foot, on the machine.

When she came toward the biggest walkway of all - the one that stretched right across the city - Sala's heart started beating faster

She was absolutely right.

all right, then."

"You're right

But we don't know that what this woman says is true - and nothing can happen right now anyway."

"So, you were right." Wena sounded disappointed, and Sala risked a quick look at her

It didn't seem quite right.

"You're right, Gran

How could Cham know anything new about the rebels, living inside the pod? Anyway, Gran was right: it was worth it

It seems to say the right things, but..

It might take a while to find the right time, but..

He said it so lightly that Sala wasn't sure she'd heard right

"All right, all right," said Gran gently

It's all new and exciting right now, but he'll get tired of it

"That's right," agreed Gran

'Everything is all right,' he said

He was right

I knew then that I had walked right round the house

Yes, Mrs Danvers was right, you could hear the sea from here.

Jasper ran on ahead and took the right-hand path without waiting for us.

Maxim seemed all right again now, happy and cheerful

In the distance, beyond a line of rocks to the right of the beach, I heard a sharp bark.

'He's all right,' said Maxim

The woods came right down to the shore

'All right, I didn't

You think I am not right for Manderley

'That's all right, Ben

'No, all right,' I said awkwardly

I must see that everything was all right

'All right, Frith

'All right, my dear

'All right, then, Frank

'All right,' I said

I'll be all right

'My dear,' she said, 'are you all right?' I put a hand up to my head and took off the wig

'All right, my dear

We were all right until you came.'

Haven't we a right to be happy?'

'You see, I was right,' he said

'That's quite all right,' Maxim said

'It's going to be all right,' Maxim said

'Will you be all right now?' Frank asked me

'All right, Ben,' he said quietly

'You're all right, of course, Max

'No, I shall be all right

'Nathan, are you all right?' calls Natalie.

'That's right,' says Natalie.

Of course, if she and Michael were in bed right this minute, it wouldn't be like that at all

Holding the gun in her right hand, she went quietly to the bedroom door.

On the wider levels, long dinner tables, covered with white linen, were set at right angles to the stage

Now was the right time to begin the unpleasant chore

She put it right.

The only other person who had a right to be in the house was the cleaning woman, Vivienne Neddler

She stepped out of the kitchen and found the light switch to the right of the doorway

Vivienne looked both ways, then moved to the right, toward the closed door at the end of the hall

"If Joel's right - and I'm sure he is - then it's best to get in the habit of staying away right from the start."

"Just give me your name and address, and I'll send a man out right away."

On the right, beyond the craps tables, halfway down the long room, elevated from the main floor, the white-marble and brass baccarat pit catered to a more affluent and sedate group of gamblers; at baccarat, the pit boss, the floor man, and the dealers wore tuxedos

"Why don't you wait right where you are? You can watch these nice people beat me out of a lot of money."

I'll admit that, all right

"I ought to have called the police right away."

It's all right, Tina," he said gently.

Just get right down to it

When I saw you walk into the casino a while ago, I knew I was right

"Well, maybe you're right

"Yes, you're right, I do want a home life, a satisfying family life

You're right about that

And those bed-hopping weekends broke my heart, Michael, broke my heart - which is what you hoped to do, so that was all right with you

"Oh? Oh, yeah, that's right

"Tina? What's wrong? Are you all right?"

No one in his right mind would take boys as young as twelve into the deepest parts of the Sierras, no matter how well prepared, supplied, and trained they were, no matter how strong, no matter how many big brothers were there to look out for them."

"Somehow, for some reason, they drove the bus more than four miles off the main highway, four miles off and a hell of a long way up, right up to the damn clouds

She had to take another small sip of cognac before she was able to say what was on her mind, and she realized that he had been right about the liquor having little effect on her

Am I right?"

"You're right."

"I suppose you could be right."

"That's right

We were in the right place at the right time

Owen West and I opened for business in a cheap storefront office twelve years ago, right at the start of the biggest boom this town has ever seen

Some of our clients made smart moves and were carried right to the top by the explosive growth of the gaming industry and the Vegas real-estate market, and we just sort of shot up there along with them, hanging on to their coattails."

It was fast but right, inevitable.

"That's right," Elliot said

"And when the dust finally settled," Elliot said, "my client would win the right to exhume the body anyway."

"You want the order right away, I assume."

"You know I'm right, Harry."

"You're the one, all right."

You did the right thing, asking for an ID

That's all right

"You're probably right

Gas might be leaking under the concrete slab and building up down there, in which case it's possible you wouldn't detect it right away, but you'd still be sitting on top of a bomb."

Vince held the pistol in his right hand and made a fist with his left

"Everything all right?"

When she opened the door, he came in fast, almost in a crouch, glancing past her, left and right, toward the living room, then toward the dining area, speaking rapidly, urgently

"Are you okay? Are you all right?"

"Are you all right?" he asked.

"And run right into them."

To him, evidently, anyone who drove a Mercedes had to be the right kind of people.

This is definitely the right place."

He said the garage door would be open and that we were to pull right inside."

They're out right now, and there's nobody ever been here named Fitzpatrick."

"You're damned right there are

Finally, Elliot said, "You're right

A roadside diner stood on the right, and Elliot pulled into the parking lot

as if something I can't see is standing right beside me

"You're probably right

"Are you all right?"

"You admit I'm right."

At last Tina said, "I'm right, Elliot

"I still can't believe you're right

During their periodic breaks from the gaming tables, nursing stiff necks and sore shoulders and leaden arms, the weary dealers retired to a combination lounge and locker room at the bottom - and to the right - of the escalator

"I'm no doctor," Bruckster said, "but it sure looks like a heart attack to me, the way he dropped like a stone, same way my uncle Ned went down last Fourth of July right in the middle of the fireworks display."

Alexander knew nothing of hard work; he had ascended to the top of his field as if he were a prince with a divine right to rule.

Kennebeck's politics were of the extreme right-wing variety

He had expected his co-workers to be super-patriotic right-wingers

Eventually Harry realized that the extreme left and the extreme right shared the same two basic goals: They wanted to make society more orderly than it naturally was, and they wanted to centralize control of the population in a strong government

Left-wingers and right-wingers differed about certain details, of course, but their only major point of contention centered on the identity of those who would be permitted to be a part of the privileged ruling class, once the power had been sufficiently centralized.

"Eventually, but not necessarily right now

Elliot put his right hand against the dashboard vent

"Yeah, I believe there's a chance you're right."

Blood pressure's all right

It was a dirty piece of business right from the start."

The long driveway curved up and to the right, like a width of black funeral bunting draped across the rising, snow-shrouded lawn

"Storming right up to the front door, demanding answers from Bellicosti - that would be emotionally satisfying, brave, bold - and stupid."

Elliot took the pistol out of his coat jacket and held it in his right hand

"Are you all right?"

They arrived at another intersection, and he whipped the car to the right

He swung right at the intersection and stopped in the middle of the new street.

The first two clanged through sheet metal, but the third punctured the right front tire.

When they had gone two blocks, he said, "Turn right at the next corner." After two more turns and another three blocks, he said, "Pull it to the curb

"Instead of sneaking around to some out-of-the-way motel, we'll march right into one of the best hotels in town."

"All right

After a few minutes he said, "You were right."

It's the way we were meant to be, so who's to say it isn't right?"

Kurt Hensen, George Alexander's right-hand man, dozed through the rough flight from Las Vegas to Reno

At least we know this is the right map

Her right hand, in which she held the pen, grew rapidly colder than any other part of her

Tina got up from the bed, massaging her cold right hand

I guess you were right about needing to be in a trance."

He lives right here in Reno

"All right," Billy Sandstone said.

"All right."

"That's right."

It's right up there on the bad-word list beside broccoli."

"You're probably right," Elliot told Tina

"One thing I learned in the military was you have to stop and regroup your forces once in a while, but if you stop too long, the tide will turn and wash right over you."

"Maybe things are breaking right for us," Elliot said

"And it doesn't help that you're right

The new track ran a hundred yards before rising and turning sharply to the right, around the blunt face of a ridge

A large sign stood to the right of the roadway, supported on two redwood posts:

A guard shack stood to the right of the road, from which the gate was controlled.

There are thousands of acres behind the fence, and the lab is right smack in the middle

That same traitorous bastard is also up there in the labs right this minute, ready to open the gates and doors to them

Something's happening at the labs right now."

"The security people must be watching us on video monitors right now," Elliot said glumly.

"You're probably right."

I'm sure you're right about that too," Elliot said

Beside the monitor was a lighted glass plate against which the visitor was supposed to place his right hand, palm-down, within the existing outline of a hand

Evidently, the installation's computer scanned the prints of visitors to verify their right to enter.

"If you lie still, you'll be all right

"I'll be all right," he said.

One passageway extended fifty feet to the left of the door and fifty feet to the right; on both sides were more doors, all shut, plus a bank of four elevators on the right

They stood, indecisive, looking left, then right, and then straight ahead.

To the right of the window was another airtight door like the one through which they'd just entered

"All right," Elliot said, addressing the two men

"It's all right," she said.

It's all right now."

"And there's always the possibility I'll misjudge the terrain in the dark and ram us right into the side of a hill."

He just went right off the rails," Dombey said, obviously embarrassed that one of his colleagues would lose control of himself under those circumstances

Even though he doesn't have the disease anymore, will he be all right?"

"All right," Elliot said

Was it one of the security people, or was it someone on the medical staff? I'd like to think it was a doctor, one of my own, who finally did the right thing."

Leaning forward to view the Explorer through the bubble window of the chopper, George Alexander said, "Put us down right in front of them, Jack."

To Hensen, who had the submachine gun, Alexander said, "Like I told you, waste Stryker right away, but not the woman."

It's all right, Mom

Your surgeon cuts off your left foot when it was your gangrenous right foot he should have amputated

This time, he cuts off your right hand

'There'll be a lot of people in the streets, so I think that you'll be all right

Only one ship, the Star, was in the three ports at the right times, and this morning the Star left London to sail back to Georgia

'No, I'll be all right

'No, I'll be all right.'

But now I think about it, you're quite right

It has grown quite a lot, but I recognized it all right.'

Was she really insane? I had a strange, horrible feeling that somehow Charas was right - Helene was getting away with it!

'All right, I lied to you

'All right, take me back to the house,' she said

I simply and faithfully carried out his last wish by smashing his head and right arm under the steam hammer of his brother's factory.

But I'm certain it will go through all right.'

Andre let out a strange sigh and let his right arm drop

You remember the ashtray? Perhaps if you had put it through again, it might have come out with the letters turned back the right way.'

It was then I noticed that he had forgotten to put his right arm, his fly leg - under the hammer

Seeing, but trying not to look, I ran forward and put the right arm under the hammer

You know the rest and can now do whatever you think right.

If father died, then I would be all right.'

Sadly, our dinner only proved Griselda had been right when she'd said that the more she tried, the worse things went

'Vicar, you were right

'I think you have made the right decision,' I said.

'Oh, you'll see Protheroe all right! Oh, yes!'

'I've always wanted to be right in the middle of a murder,' he said, and went out into the garden to look for footprints

'Well, I shall never forget his face when I met him outside my gate, or the way he said, "Oh, you'll see Protheroe all right!" That should have made me suspect what had just happened.' Haydock stared at me

'Oh,' Slack said, 'I believe the old lady's right

We went up the path until we came to a new place where it looked as though someone had left the path on the right-hand side

And it really seemed that he must be right.

'Then that's all right,' I said

And I am leaving right now

'She may,' I said, 'but Miss Marple is usually right

Nobody ever liked him because he always thought he was right, and that others were always wrong

She's the only old lady who hasn't written to me today.' I was right.

And when there is a mystery and I think I know the answer, it is so satisfying to find that I am right.'

And I think one coincidence is all right

'I'm not sure that "looks after" are the right words for anything that Mary does,' I said

'So Miss Marple was right about us finding the wrong note

'Yes, it's Haydock all right.'

'I did not think it was right to speak until now, because I still needed one more fact in order to explain what had happened

And it proved that Miss Marple had been right in every detail.

I pulled my horse's head hard round to the right

I turned around again and ran towards the approaching Martian, ran right down the stony beach and dived into the water

This exploded right in its face

He suggested that they should drive across Essex to the sea at Harwich, and from there get right out of the country.

Then they began to look for a chance of getting to the right side of the road

This was the Thunder Child, the only one in sight, but far away to the right a column of smoke marked the position of other warships

These waited in a long line, ready for action, right across the mouth of the Thames, watching the Martian attack but powerless to prevent it.

He got to his feet and saw to the right, less than a hundred metres away, the warship cutting through the water at full speed, throwing enormous waves out on either side.

The cylinder had gone right through it and made a large hole in the ground, much larger than the pit I had looked into in Woking

Before he was half-way across the floor, I was right behind him

'But even if there is, they'll get it right again.'

By paying with a million lives, human beings have bought their right to live on Earth

He said, 'You're right, sir

Harris was right about camping out when it rains

Harris was right

George said he knew everything about the right clothes for a trip

Take the first turn to the right each time.'

He continued turning to the right, but he was still in the maze.

We decided not to try scrambled eggs again, until Harris had the right pan and stove.

'You're right!' I agreed.

Harris said, 'It's all right to add the dead rat

Maybe we'll be all right.'

But, I think we were right to come back when we did

'You tell me what is right

I thought I'd come and ask you if it's all right.'

'If your wife signs the document, everything will be all right

'And it's strange to hear you talk of right and wrong; a woman who had a passion for her drawing teacher!'

'All right,' said Sir Percival

'All right! Do what you want!' said Sir Percival, and he left the room.

He was right

When I returned to Blackwater Park, Sir Percival said to me, 'Go and see if Miss Halcombe is all right

It was not safe in the vestry, and it was the only evidence of Sir Percival Glyde's secret: that he has no right to his title and his property!

I want to marry her so that I'll have the right to protect her

She is right

Examples of human rights are the right to vote; the right to think and speak freely; and the right to free education

She did this because the government would not give women the right to vote

There were also some men who fought for a woman's right to vote

All over the world, feminist movements have fought, and are still fighting, for women's right to vote

These movements are also fighting for women's right to work, to earn equal pay and to own property

The first wave, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was mostly about women's right to vote

Women have fought for the right to watch sports, to practise them and to enter tournaments.

"Now I have a pistol in my left hand and a sword in my right hand

It is not right

"Yes, father, you are right