How to Use right wing in a Sentence

right wing

noun
  • His nomination is supported by the party's left wing but opposed by the right wing.
  • But that hasn’t stopped the right wing.
    — James Factora, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
  • So the right wing turned and flung the puck toward the goal.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Necas, as a righty playing right wing, can’t make that play.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Woods down the right wing on the rush has his shot held by Kehler.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The crash ripped off the plane's right wing, which landed on the deck.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Halfway through, Sturm moved him to right wing.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Is Poitras a long-term center or right wing?
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Hall has shifted from the left to the right wing, and has played on both units.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2021
  • But the right wing was hurt during the encounter.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The only question about them would be their right wing.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
  • Peterson got tied up on the right wing and threw away a pass.
    — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The right wing of the top line has raised questions all season.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • He was seen as a right wing with a big shot and decent hands, but not much else.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The right wing knows this neighborhood is not safe.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The plane's right wing and tail were sheared off during the landing.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Spurs had hoped to sign Traoré and turn him into a right wing-back.
    — Robert Kidd, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The right wing doesn’t believe there is such a thing as the common good.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Gruda started on the right wing.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • While descending through patchy fog, the right wing struck the side of a hill.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2021
  • Sanders, on the right wing, weaved through defenders to score the fourth.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, where there’s right wing outrage involved, there’s a grift.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The right wing is saying he was arrested for a small fine.
    — Maria Clara Matos, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Madueke was the shining example of that on the right wing.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • There is a right wing in the country that has been very critical of that.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The one got its right wing up and gave three whacks; the other got its left wing up and gave three whacks.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 8 July 2019
  • The bird is still entangled in the manja, which has cut its right wing.
    — Laura Fornell, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Mitch Marner could have moved there, but remained at right wing.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • Mitch Marner could have moved there, but remained at right wing.
    — Mark Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Manson then carried the puck down the right wing and across the Flames’ blue line.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2019

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