well-behaved

Example Sentences

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Well-behaved canines that don’t chase wildlife are allowed off-leash as long as they’re under vocal control.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2019

Ana Maria Archila, who lives in the progressive firebrand's New York District, said this week she will wear white and a pin that the congresswoman gave her that says, "Well-behaved women rarely make history."

From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2019

"That's what made good copy. Well-behaved girls aren't that fascinating."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2017

Well-behaved crowds don't indicate an absence of threat on the horizon.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2011

I've too ask'd young gentlemen, Who are far from haughty, And whose purses are well-stock'd, Well-behaved, not haughty.

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred