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

Only, that man in France was on the defensive; he was righting to hold what he had and on his own soil.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick