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

Laura is an older woman, highly educated, actively devout, intelligent, resourceful, good-humored and a long-time resident of a community that struggles to balance its relative wealth with the neediness of surrounding communities.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

Which is a problem, of course, but it’s hard to get these sturdy, good-humored men to talk seriously about anything, let alone the closure of the business that’s sustained their family for nearly 90 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 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

Everything was all right; everything was good-humored and friendly.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding