right
adjective
in accordance with what is good, proper, or just.
was righting
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past progressiveof right.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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With her company gathered, it felt for a little while like the world was righting itself again.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
In deciding to get DNA testing that genealogists say has now confirmed the paternity, Peter Harding figured he was righting a historical wrong.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2015
In spite of bitterness, the tough little State was righting itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
In fact, the diplomatic battle Rogers was righting is likely to become increasingly unimportant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again in 1866 he was righting under the archduke Albert, until, on the feast of Johanni, he was disabled at the battle of Custozza by a wound in his foot.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 by Various
