ill-behaved
Example Sentences
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We love dogs, but aside from our finding the reply to be presumptuous, their dog jumps on the furniture and is generally ill-behaved.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021
Timothy may grow out of this, he may be more ill-behaved in unfamiliar places, etc.
From Slate • Mar. 9, 2020
Chaos reigns when two clueless fathers take charge of a dilapidated summer camp and its ill-behaved attendees.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
The lawsuit alleges that the diabetes-alert dogs, for which Warren charged up to $27,000, “were often poorly trained, ill-behaved, and unequipped to help manage a life-threatening situation, rendering them little more than incredibly expensive pets.”
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2019
There was the witty man and the sour woman; there were the ill-behaved children, that quarrelled all day and danced skirt-dances in the drawing-room at night; and their ineffectual mother and harassed father.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
