goody-goody

Example Sentences

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“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

I was more of a goody-goody, more than people would expect.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2017

It’s drive-in, drive-through and road-trip season, and especially on sunny days, sometimes food doesn’t have to be goody-goody to be good.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2017

I shake my head primly, feeling like a real goody-goody or at least a barren subject for the gossips, present company included.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich