How to Use do right in a Sentence

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  • This won back Michael’s love and spurred his desire to do right by her.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • How can the world do right by a nation it’s so often wronged?
    — Marlene L. Daut, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The Patriots couldn’t do right, the Bengals could do no wrong.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Here are five things to do right now to enjoy traveling more in 2023.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • What can students do right now that can set themselves up for success 10 to 15 years from now?
    — Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
  • But Baker is the kind of guy that general managers should do right by.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2023
  • There was loads of external pressure to do right by the player and give him a chance to earn a full year of service time.
    — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2024
  • There are tangible things to do right now to invest in the country’s tech future.
    — Eric Braverman, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But all of that isn't what matters right now—what matters right now is trying to do right by customers.
    — Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • So he’s given a second chance to right wrongs and do right by making this mission a success.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
  • So he’s given a second chance to right wrongs and do right by making this mission a success.
    — Liza Foreman, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Marchese said these actions have encouraged the city to do right by their workers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • And it’s finally given Davies a chance to do right by Donna Noble.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The winning licensee must always put the well-being of New Yorkers at the top of their agenda and do right by its residents.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
  • The winning licensee must always put the well-being of New Yorkers at the top of their agenda and do right by its residents.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2023
  • Both DePino and Saahene believed fate led them to Starbucks that day to inspire others to do right.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • There was an accountant that was on the left side of things and did not do right by me, and left me in a position where taxes were owed because they were not filed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
  • When people’s faith in the government to do right by them fades, their expectation of businesses to fill the void grows.
    — Bruce Usher, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In episode 2, the teens decided to do right by Jackie and finally, after two months of mourning, burn her body.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • At the core of my curiosity was one simple question: What did your parents do right?
    — Rebekah Peeples, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Indeed, Stacy’s big-picture dilemma is how to balance the dramas of adolescence with a desire to do right in the eyes of, well, God.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But the flashback gave fans a glimpse into a caring and kinder side of Bunny, who just wanted to do right by the Arconia and its residents.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Buffalo’s players will have heavy hearts but will also surely want to do right by their loved teammate.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • State and local officials told residents to mask up and stay indoors, but many have questions about how the smoke will affect them, and what is and isn’t safe to do right now.
    — Marc Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • Educators didn’t need to see declines in test scores to know what to do right now: focus like a laser on helping our kids recover and thrive.
    — CNN, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Yet whatever steps Ewing takes to do right by his victims will never erase the impact of these deepfakes, or the harm that distributing them has done.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The most important thing to do right now is enjoy this incredible story.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Lee’s quarter-century serving in Congress has been defined by that desire to do right.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Suh said that the most important thing Boeing can do right now is prioritize safety, and in the long run that would improve shareholder value.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The nation has long been lauded for trying to do right by its Indigenous people, but a new government may force a reckoning of Māori affairs.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023

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