How to Use set (someone) right/straight in a Sentence

set (someone) right/straight

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  • Làng Chài, the restaurant, is set right on the gossamer-fine sands.
    — Travel, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Book a room at Kachi Lodge, which is set right on the flat, for a very special stay.
    — Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The sun will set right on the hour Sunday and get even later in the coming weeks.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The world has gone hysterical over A.I. and had to be set straight.
    — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 29 June 2023
  • And Just Like That, why not dive into some of the best travel movies out there, many of which are set right here in the West.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • The groove-heavy band delighted the crowd, many of who were there to see Stevie Nicks’ set right after.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The most common cause of new installation failure is when one emitter is set right at the base of the main stem and nowhere else.
    — Lynlee Austell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • Dungeness is always on the menu at the Alderbrook, set right on Washington’s Hood Canal.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The record is being set straight on Kate Middleton's recent health scare.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Sadow suggested that a trial date not be set right now to allow time to see how things play out.
    — Kate Brumback The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Mistakes could be corrected, wrongs could be set right.
    — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 12 Aug. 2020
  • One wrong move—an emergency brake not set right, Fluffy shifting her weight just so—and the vehicle could have crashed into the ravine.
    — Longreads, 8 Mar. 2023
  • On March 29th, after six days of blocking a vital trade route, the skyscraper-size ship was set right and sailed north under its own power.
    — The Economist, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Young wants a certain tone to be set right from Carolina’s first training-camp workout.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 25 July 2023
  • Au Comptoir is a cozy yet chic cocktail bar set right off of downtown Woodstock’s Central Street.
    — Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The match was suspended for just over 33 minutes early in the second set right after Boulter held serve with an ace to go up 1-0.
    — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • After making par on 18, Schauffele gave a small nod to his caddie and to the crowd before calmly walking off the course, eyes set straight on the weekend.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2022
  • Once a guest arrives, the wings and paddles are tossed in a second set of plate warmers until they’re brought to set right before the interview starts.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
  • Games functioned as a salve: little worlds where everything could be ordered and, with time and effort, set right.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Moving from the primary wing of the home, there’s an additional room that could be used as an office, and a living area set right at the entrance to the home.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The crowd was seated like at an old nightclub, with round tables set right up to the stage, which had a long runway jutting into the audience.
    — Christopher Spata Tampa Bay Times (tns), Arkansas Online, 17 July 2023
  • There will be four restaurants and bars—some of which will be set right upon the sand—while a spa is hidden within manicured gardens.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Edgewood is the only luxury South Lake Tahoe resort set right on the beach, and offers an out-of-the-ordinary escape.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2023
  • The area also has a distinctly more summery feeling than the rest of the town — set right on the Long Island Sound, most houses look out onto beaches, bluffs, and salt marshes.
    — Jenny Xie, Curbed, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The hotel makes for an impressive facade set right between Edinburgh’s Old Town and New, and offers a great jumping off point to explore the city.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
  • The property is located in southern Oregon on 100 acres set right off the Redwood Highway.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024
  • Even the rediscovery of an artifact as provocative as the Clotilda didn’t guarantee that would be set straight.
    — al, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There seems to have been some confusion as to which patty-flipping yellow sponge has reportedly stolen Ariana Grande’s heart — and now the record has been set straight.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 July 2023
  • Then Austin is one of the great cities in America, and the festival is set right in the middle of the city, making for a wonderfully scenic and memorable experience.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 23 May 2021
  • Two and a half centuries of the most horrible abuse imaginable couldn’t be unwound, absolved, and set right with a document and single amendment to the constitution.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

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