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Example Sentences
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Aluminum is rightly treated as a national-security industry, since it’s a fundamental input for military systems and hardware.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Yet he was rightly not getting carried away following his first Premier League win.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
When she rebuffs him by calling him an animal, he smiles widely, showcasing fangs one could rightly describe as gorgeous, and coos, “We are all animals, my lady.”
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ms. Southon rightly appreciates that manumission was a tool of slave-owners’ power, but she excessively minimizes how common it was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“It is because I am afraid that Mordred bears me a grudge, poor boy—and rightly too.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
