rightwards
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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Kishida, who hails from Hiroshima, the first city to ever suffer an atomic bombing, was on the more dovish side of the LDP, but has since tacked rightwards.
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2022
Pecresse, a moderate within a conservative party that has lurched rightwards, would be France's first woman president if she wins the election.
From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2022
The old trope is that the young begin as naive leftists then drift rightwards with age.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2018
I was clad in my military regalia, my star-strewn epaulettes sitting stiff on my shoulders, a green beret – fronted with the ensigns of Nigeria and the army – tilting rightwards on my head.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2013
She put forth her hand and taking it from me examined it by turning it rightwards and leftwards; then exclaimed, "Didst thou in very sooth buy this on my account?"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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