How to Use on the right/wrong side of (someone) in a Sentence

on the right/wrong side of (someone)

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  • Both types of headaches can cause pain on the right side of your head.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
  • Messi had hit the side netting on the wrong side of the post.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2025
  • At times, the riders were driving on the wrong side of the road.
    — Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • How to comply Here’s how to stay on the right side of the law.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2024
  • When Cure's body is turned over, blood can be seen on the right side of his back.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Gondrezick was treated for a cut on the right side of her face and neck pain.
    — Josh Margolin, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • When heading eastward, sit on the right side of the train for the best views.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
  • My job is to keep you on the right side of the financial markets.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Soulja Boy has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At the very least, the city has put itself on the wrong side of history.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • For most of us, one of the fastest ways to wake up on the wrong side of the bed is to not spend enough time in it.
    — TIME, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Johnson ended up with the ball on the right side of the floor as the seconds ticked away.
    — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2021
  • UConn needs to punch first in these high-profile matchups to get on the right side of the ledger.
    — Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Judd had a clean look on the right side of the penalty box, but his right-footed tap went wide right.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • Look, sometimes everyone wakes up on the wrong side of the bed — that’s just life!
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Most of the time, kids and parents sit on the right side of the restaurant and the left side is more adult.
    — Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
  • And a significant number of them got caught up on the wrong side of the law.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 20 May 2025
  • And long ago, both were raised on the wrong side of the poverty line in the Deep South.
    — Longreads, 8 July 2025
  • But the chickens remain in their eggs and shouldn’t be counted on to hatch on the right side of the coop.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • Each time, the breakdowns seemed to begin on the right side of the offensive line.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Dec. 2020
  • During the fight, the suspect pulled a blade and cut the victim on the right side of his face, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • Mizzou was on the right side of the scoreboard for more than 38 minutes.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Daniels said things are going well between him and Jackson on the right side of the line.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
  • For the first time in weeks, Maryland was on the right side of a one-possession game.
    — Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Still there’s a sense that, on Gaza, Biden has gotten on the wrong side of a chunk of his base.
    — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Most ports sit in a recessed area on the right side of the back of the TV, facing right.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Walz will be positioned on the right side of the television screen and Vance on the left side.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Smith used her speed to race past two defenders on the right side of the field and chase down a Julie Ertz pass.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 July 2023
  • The margins are tight, and the Niners can be on the right side of them again in 2025.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The ozone layer was on the wrong side of the boundary in the 1990s, Richardson said.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023

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