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

He had become, he believed, the "right sort" of foreigner in a land where "class trumps race every time".

From BBC • Jul. 24, 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

“This lad looks to be the right sort of age. He’s dressed—well, you’ll see how he’s dressed. And he found this. It could be him.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman