How to Use right now in a Sentence

right now

adverb
  • That’s my right hand right now.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • My goals right now are two-fold.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But right now the wind wasn’t bad.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But there are no plans right now.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2025
  • That’s the plan right now, at least.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The point was not to flow—not right now.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a big void right now on the team.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • That seems like a long way away right now.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There are a lot of them out there right now.
    — Elizabeth Spiers, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Yeah, there -- there is no clear path right now.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • There's no Bulls team right now.
    — Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But a lot of things have to take place right now.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • What else is Yeoh up to right now?
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • But right now, that part of her life is on pause.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Who's in charge of Iran right now?
    — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • So that’s — that’s the state of the law right now.
    — NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And so that is the focus right now.
    — CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Let’s rock and roar for the Jaguars right now.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The kids deserve a treat right now.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • But right now, the Fins aren't one of them.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • How is the job market right now?
    — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • They must be released right now.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And people need some medicine right now.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Many of those are being fired right now.
    — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Young people don’t feel that right now.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But that doesn’t seem to matter right now.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • One of the biggest needs right now is food.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • So, all of that is under way right now.
    — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • How much credit card debt is too much right now?
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • That’s the biggest thing right now.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2026

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