well-behaved
Example Sentences
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Parents may want to believe their well-behaved child isn’t involved in damaging behavior, but in the words of Ronald Reagan, “trust, but verify.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
"I was a good child and I loved school but if you were well-behaved there, the more targeted you were," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 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
It was empty now, but sweetly expectant of clean, white, well-behaved children and parents who would play there above the lake in summer before half-running, half-stumbling down the slope to the welcoming water.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
