well-behaved
Example Sentences
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JPMorgan said a combination of solid growth and well-behaved inflation are producing a Goldilocks set-up for stocks to flourish.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
It sounds like something out of a Trollope novel—a well-behaved boy lapping up statecraft over dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
At first his projects were fairly well-behaved and faithful, at least outwardly, to the Modernist principles he had learned at USC: flat roofs, restrained geometry.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
The well-behaved dogs are impressive; the poorly behaved ones are affirming; they’re all adorable.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024
This does not mean that the political history of the early republic can be understood as a polite forensic exercise conducted by a marvelously well-behaved collection of demigods.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
