good-natured

Example Sentences

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"There's sort of a good-natured, almost race emerging between some countries about who will reach elimination first," Canfell says.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

You won’t find any of the good-natured platitudes of a body swap comedy like “Freakier Friday” here.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Landau was aware of what constituted crowd appeal, but is too good-natured to savage many of the people along the way who perhaps deserve savaging.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Adjessom was a student at Davidson High School, and loved ones describe him as a good-natured and generous teen who mowed his neighbors’ lawns on the weekends.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025

Ranofer looked around to find Heqet studying him, sharp intelligence written over every feature of his homely, good-natured face.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw