How to Use rightward in a Sentence

rightward

adjective or adverb
  • Can the rightward forty-five per cent of the country at this point be talked to?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 29 June 2021
  • Among the most notable changes was a sharp rightward turn among men of color.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
  • Texas' rightward push was clear in ways beyond the party platform.
    — Will Weissert, ajc, 21 June 2022
  • There were lots of questions then about a realignment and a rightward shift in the country.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Takaichi is part of global politics’ rightward shift.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But the 49ers quarterback stepped up in the pocket and looked rightward.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Already some on the rightward fringes of our politics have sought to take matters into their own hands.
    — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 4 Dec. 2020
  • That has included the hiring of an ombudsman from a rightward think tank.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2025
  • In some ways, tech’s rightward shift in 2024 was overstated.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The labor and consumer markets will dictate whether this rightward shift is worth the trouble.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 16 June 2022
  • The rightward shift in the Israeli government has raised eyebrows abroad and at home.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Juszczyk did the same, winding back after an initial rightward step to block the left-side defensive end.
    — John Hirschauer, National Review, 2 Feb. 2020
  • Known for his raunchy sense of humor and rightward tilt, his appearance on Fallon struck some as odd.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • For months, poll after poll has presaged a rapid rightward shift among Hispanics.
    — The Editors, National Review, 16 June 2022
  • And other data suggests the court’s rightward move is about more than appearances.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 28 May 2023
  • The rightward slant of these platforms appears to have boosted their audiences.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
  • And right now the conventional wisdom seems to be that the country has taken a rightward tilt.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
  • And with the Supreme Court’s rightward shift, many in the movement sense their moment has arrived.
    — Sarah Varney, Quartz, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The law school had long stood out for its rightward leanings and ties to conservative benefactors.
    — Jo Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The women worried about the school board, but also saw the issues there as part of a broader rightward turn in the county.
    — Washington Post, 6 May 2022
  • Yet Justice Kennedy closed his third decade on the court in a decidedly rightward pose.
    — The Economist, 30 June 2018
  • One that shows the intense rightward swing that has only hardened as the lines between hip-hop and the streaming universe have blurred.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
  • He was instructed to respond by moving his eyes from left to right, and sure enough, the researchers counted two rightward movements of his eyes.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026
  • Our society’s perception of what a moderate looks like has simply skewed so rightward.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The extreme rightward shift of the Supreme Court has already begun to erode the court’s public standing.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
  • With the Supreme Court’s rightward shift, there is a heavy cloud hanging over the administrative state.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Republicans want that rightward trend to continue in the district.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The dozen shots that follow are all similarly rigid in their rightward panning and 360 degree rounds.
    — Boyd Van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2018
  • Within a few years after 1968, the rightward shift of working-class whites was obvious.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Amid the stagnation, an influx of migrants and refugees has led to rising nativism and a rightward lurch in the country's politics.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018

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