Explore Rightward through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rightward meaning
To or from the right.
Using Rightward
- The main meaning on this page is: To or from the right.
- In the example corpus, rightward often appears in combinations such as: rightward shift, the rightward, rightward and.
Context around Rightward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rightward
- In this selection, "rightward" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, further, metronome, noticeable, shift, tilt and trajectory stand out and add context to how "rightward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a noticeable rightward shift especially and been moving rightward on issues. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rightward" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rightward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But some political analysts have said the UCP’s rightward shift risks alienating more moderate voters. (16 words)
If the rightward shift continues and limits further climate action, the EU risks missing its overarching climate targets. (18 words)
Amid that fear, Horst Seehofer, the CSU’s interior minister, shifted rightward to fend off AfD’s rise. (18 words)
But we will never know what kind of global climate movement could have been built if the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan hadn’t demanded an immediate response from U.S. organizers—and hadn’t shifted the political climate dramatically rightward. (41 words)
With an eye on the presidential election of 2022, Mr. Macron, whose popularity has been hurt by the government’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic, has been moving rightward on issues like crime and the place of Islam in France. (40 words)
The fact that annexation of large swathes of the West Bank, once a fringe idea, has become a mainstream policy promoted by both the Israeli government and its leading opposition, further demonstrates this rightward lurch. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
But some political analysts have said the UCP’s rightward shift risks alienating more moderate voters.
In the statehouse, Democrats, who have no power to stop the Republican legislation, have increasingly begun to vent over the rightward shift in policy emanating from the GOP.
Israeli viewing habits are changing, leaning more rightward, and Channel 14 is taking off as Israelis tire of left-wing propaganda in their news.
The ensuing desire to determine how Trump had won and what could be done about the further-rightward shift of American politics was commendable, and some valuable work on this front was published.
The rightward tilt of the high court also affirms why our mission at San Diego College of Continuing Education and San Diego Community College District is so important.
They imagined putting such a system in a superposition, akin to a musician simultaneously flicking a quantum metronome rightward and leftward.
A closer look at the voting in largely Democratic New York showed a noticeable rightward shift, especially among Asian voters and Hispanic voters in Queens and the Bronx.
If the rightward shift continues and limits further climate action, the EU risks missing its overarching climate targets.
Johnson and Trump talk often, but some of Trump's strongest allies in the House are those conservatives pushing the speaker rightward and denying him a governing majority.
Musk’s official endorsement of and his reported interest in becoming a funder underscore his rightward trajectory and evolution into an overtly partisan backer of the GOP.
Arizona, by going blue, is moving closer to its neighbor to the northwest — Nevada, where Democrats have taken control of almost all aspects of government — and away from the state’s traditional rightward bent.
But we will never know what kind of global climate movement could have been built if the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan hadn’t demanded an immediate response from U.S. organizers—and hadn’t shifted the political climate dramatically rightward.
Dubai-Sharjah intercity bus service resumes, UAE reports 851 Covid-19 cases, Trump picks Barrett as he moves to tilt US Supreme Court rightward.
It was a failure because the whole point of the takeover wasn’t to have the GOP as a plaything or a jobs program for right-wingers, but to actually move the country rightward.
The fact that annexation of large swathes of the West Bank, once a fringe idea, has become a mainstream policy promoted by both the Israeli government and its leading opposition, further demonstrates this rightward lurch.
With an eye on the presidential election of 2022, Mr. Macron, whose popularity has been hurt by the government’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic, has been moving rightward on issues like crime and the place of Islam in France.
Shaked, the chairwoman of the newly formed, far-right Yamina (Hebrew for “rightward”) alliance, is repeatedly tipped by pundits as Netanyahu’s most likely successor.
So while the sharply liberal Mood of the early 1960s set the stage for the Great Society, the actual enactment of the Great Society sent it in a rightward direction.
The rightward shift can best be traced to the violence of the second intifada in the early 2000s, when a generation was raised under the threat of constant terror attacks.
Amid that fear, Horst Seehofer, the CSU’s interior minister, shifted rightward to fend off AfD’s rise.
Common combinations with rightward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: