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
Thoroughly good-natured, entertaining and occasionally suggestive of “Jackass” in a batting helmet, “Return of the Clowns” will be preceded by a Clowns-Bananas game from Cincinnati at 7 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Despite Pashinyan developing, good-natured relationship with European leaders, Armenia doesn't even have EU candidate status yet, and membership of the bloc is still a long way off.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
"You're creating beautiful work on someone's face," she says with a good-natured laugh.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Dorcas was sixteen, built like Madge, but not so loud-voiced, nor as roughly good-natured.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
