well-behaved

Example Sentences

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The old-school kind where everybody is mostly well-behaved and polite, and the audience scrolls on their phones to stay awake.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Consider clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, in which blood cells harbor mutations often seen in blood cancer, giving them a growth advantage over their well-behaved neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

If parents only left money to well-behaved adult children with a pristine record of good manners and fiscal responsibility, most pet shelters would probably never have to raise funds again.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

A spokesperson for Exmoor Zoo said they "cannot believe that fate has been so cruel to such a lovely, lively, well-behaved group of children".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025

Come to think of it, she hadn’t done very well pretending to be a bland, boring, well-behaved whatnot.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix