right-minded
Example Sentences
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Mao after 1949 has been thoroughly reassessed by historians and is now regarded as a monster by most right-minded people; but views of early Mao—from 1921 until 1949—remain stubbornly rose-tinted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Because the wronged party, in Dahl’s case, was all of world Jewry — actually, all decent, right-minded people — no real atonement is possible.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020
On some level, many of us have come to tacitly believe that when right-minded people start buying the right things we can make the world a better place.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 1, 2017
Isner, the last American man remaining in the draw, came out with a right-minded, aggressive game plan and plenty of positive energy.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2015
He was no fool and it was, he could not help feeling, extremely odd that any right-minded rabbit should choose to walk into Efrafa of his own accord.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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