Example sentences for: rightly

How can you use “rightly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Whenever Iraq claimed (quite rightly) that arms inspections were a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, we could and should have responded, "Bugger your sovereignty--this is war."

  • Only Hispanics escape Lucas' caricature, which is actually something of a mixed blessing since Hispanics often rightly complain that they are ignored in the national race debate.

  • They were rightly scared of Klebold and Harris: "They're really really creepy."

  • So when people ask whether I am Peter Maass, the writer, I should feel good, I should feel triumphant, I should feel like a master of the literary universe receiving the adulation he so rightly deserves, and I should reply in a voice of elegant humility, "Yes, I am."

  • The problem falls to Clinton partly because Social Security is his party's greatest achievement, and partly because Republicans are rightly terrified about raising the subject on their own.


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