right sort

Example Sentences

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“If someone comes to the house, I say, ‘Come and look at this,’ if they are the right sort of person,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

"With the right sort of sensible precautions; paying attention to food labelling, making sure you carry your adrenalin everywhere with you, you'll be fine."

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

The FBI thought they had the right sort of man — a first-generation issei immigrant who was bilingual, could write in English and was held in high esteem in the community.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Few Gazans had the right sort of hives to withstand it.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022

It wasn’t at all difficult to find the right sort of things for the altar of Nefertiti-Isis.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder