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Example Sentences
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Since we’re talking to and about Kathy Griffin, we can’t rightly quote the old saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
At the same time, you have resentments towards his sister who you believe — rightly or wrongly — that she should pitch in and help.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet, as Ms. Bowman rightly points out, the incurred-loss methodology was better “aligned with how credit risk actually works.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They concedes that "there is more to do, but we are determined to return cancer performance to the standards people rightly expect".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I don’t know, fair damsel I don’t know how I got here, so I don’t rightly know how I am.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
