goody-goody
Example Sentences
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She elevates the role which, frankly, is a little thin: the sweet, high-ponytailed, goody-goody who doesn't even have her ears pierced.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022
“I’ve been fighting that goody-goody stuff for years, because if you let people make you out to be perfect there just ain’t no margin for error,” he told his children.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021
Even apple-cheeked Sally Field seemed too goody-goody for the rogue stock car driver.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2018
A: She told her editor on that book, “I’m tired of writing about goody-goody creatures.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2016
Maybe, it’ll teach her not to be such a goody-goody.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
