rightfully

Example Sentences

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Watching a capybara come when called is a highly Instagrammable moment, my in-person proof that capybaras have rightfully earned their status as a 2020s internet meme.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

“How can they be judgmental of the way that I spend the money that I rightfully, lawfully earn at my job?” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

"Tulsi has done an incredible job, and we will miss her," Trump said on his Truth Social network, adding that she "rightfully" wanted to help her husband with his cancer battle.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

“A lot of people have anxiety, and rightfully so,” said Ali Nikovic, a doorman at a building just off Fifth Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“I have met her. I cannot rightfully say that I know her in any particular fashion.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern