had righted
- past perfect of right.
Example Sentences
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McNamara’s quantitative cost-benefit-analysis approach to business had righted Ford’s postwar problems but proved disastrous when he tried to apply it to the Vietnam War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
And entering Saturday’s game with Denver, the first of the season, the Lakers looked like a team that had righted some of its organizational wrongs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
Meanwhile it seemed like Coach O. had righted the ship with three straight wins after the opening week loss to UCLA.
From Fox News ● Oct. 3, 2021
He said he would share them with his sons, Xavier, 18, and Rico, 2, to show them how the city had righted the wrongs of August 2017.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2021
The ship had righted itself, continued to fly forward—though at a slower speed—and no one was reaching out of the window to offer any help.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
