good-natured
Example Sentences
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“Eleanor Rigby” attracted a post-55 audience in droves, while the good-natured storyline and nautical sound effects inherent in “Yellow Submarine” drew children and pre-teens into The Beatles’ camp.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
"You're creating beautiful work on someone's face," she says with a good-natured laugh.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
"There's sort of a good-natured, almost race emerging between some countries about who will reach elimination first," Canfell says.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Finnegan is a shaggy black rescue dog who, for all his good-natured goofiness, carries the guilt and shame of being abandoned by his first owner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Of course Nigro had let him take the test again; I and a couple of others helped him study before he did, because he was a nice guy, hapless but good-natured.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
