good guy

Example Sentences

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“He definitely didn’t want that order of, you know, publicity. He wanted just to say to me, ‘I’m a good guy.’

From Salon • May 29, 2026

After Perry’s death, Morrison wrote, Iwamasa insisted on speaking at the funeral and clung to the family, “as if he was somehow the good guy who tried to save Matthew.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Russo is a good guy, yes, and one for whom we root, but in his effort to protect his daughter, he plumbs seemingly bottomless depths of humiliation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

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

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

“Slugworth is a good guy, man,” I tell him, opening the door.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya