goody-goody
Example Sentences
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Goody-goody narrators rarely win our sympathy: they are too perfect to be true, too perfect to be likable.
From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2015
“Did you seriously have to call them the minute I left the room? Tell me, was it like a physical impulse? Goody-goody syndrome manifesting itself?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
"Goody-goody boy!" said Hester, sneeringly, and making one of her worst faces at him.
From Marjorie at Seacote by Wells, Carolyn
You needn't have anything to do with it, Miss Goody-goody.
From A Dear Little Girl by Blanchard, Amy Ella
"That's right, Miss Goody-goody," said Peter, "preach away."
From The Railway Children by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
