rightfully
Example Sentences
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Pacific Coast Energy is negotiating to operate Venezuelan oil fields that the prominent Cisneros family asserts it rightfully owns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I know Justin’s been getting his flowers the last couple days, and rightfully so,” Freeman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
These raise fundamental questions about what kind of society we want to live in — and they should rightfully be decided by the people who will live in it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
"I've got a lot of grief since last year, rightfully so. The thing that's unfortunate is that's not who I am, what happened last year," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
They believed, as Angelina once wrote, “Man cannot rightfully hold his fellow man as property.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
