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

In nearly a dozen stage plays, and in as many movies, Madea has taken aim at no-good freeloaders and goody-goody authorities, all while spreading a hard-headed traditionalism herself.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2019

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

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2017

A: She told her editor on that book, “I’m tired of writing about goody-goody creatures.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2016

I glance over to see the doors at the end of the hallway swing wide open again as Barb and the goody-goody herself step out.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott