do-gooder

Example Sentences

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He’s quick with ripostes, righteous in off-the-cuff remarks and has a do-gooder aura that never comes off as sanctimonious.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The political staffers, the journalists, and the do-gooder nonprofit types all went back home, and back to work.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

One commentator said now that the "do-gooder" pandoro with pink icing sugar had been exposed as junk, Italians were wondering where that left "the princess of influencers as well as queen of social media".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

The descriptions of Bankman-Fried by the prosecution's three star witnesses contradict the 31-year-old former billionaire's pre-arrest reputation as a nerdy do-gooder who wanted to be a responsible actor in the rough-and-tumble crypto space.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023

But other than one do-gooder teacher in sixth grade—who they ignored and was gone a year later anyway—no teacher or principal or any other adult had ever said a thing.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss