good guy

Example Sentences

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This is moral injury: the bone-deep understanding that you are not a good guy.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

In any Hollywood film, the good guy must be wronged; only thereafter does he wreak havoc.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The script ties itself in knots trying to make Davis a good guy, when he would be far more interesting if he wasn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

In another, he said: “Obviously this would be a good guy for our industry, and also for any sort of people who have a criminal charge, unfairly I think.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Soheil is a good guy, I think; I pray my instinct about him isn’t wrong.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed