good-natured
Example Sentences
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That connection soon gave way to a spirited but good-natured disagreement on economic policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
Delbis is a tall, good-natured young man who speaks with a distinctive cadence and in an unwaveringly calm tone.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
"Laurent had the good-natured gab, Simone the uncompromising discourse," French newspaper Le Monde said of the Gbagbos' political partnership.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Instead we think of male bonding, of office pools and water-cooler chats, of the good-natured trash-talking that comes with fantasy leagues, of long-standing tradition.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025
And the man took her gratefully, for she was a stout wench and good-natured, and he was a man too poor to wed except to such an one.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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