best behavior
Example Sentences
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Larry Ellison predicts an AI-powered surveillance state in which “citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
If you can do the cauliflower, you better be on your best behavior.’
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024
“I often felt awkward and hyperconscious, like people were staring at me or that I always had to be on my best behavior so that I represented the Army in a positive way.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023
They’ve been on their best behavior all day.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2023
When he told me that the movie would be shown, we went into our best behavior and were the exemplary children that Grandmother deserved and wished to think us.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
