good-humored

Example Sentences

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He admires good-humored, self-deprecatory attitudes and a loose, collaborative approach to problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

He expects more from himself, and he hasn’t given up hope that good-humored contact might be able to make a moral difference.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

He seems relatively good-humored about the fact that his last name is most familiar because of other people who share it.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2023

“I think my security might do something if that were to happen,” said Ms. Hartley, 73, a good-humored, well-connected Democratic Party fund-raiser.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

We were given dedicated teachers, first Mr. Martinez and then Mr. Bennett, both gentle and good-humored African American men, both keenly focused on what their students had to say.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama