well-behaved

Example Sentences

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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 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

"If you have an animal that lives close to humans, you have to be well-behaved enough," Lesch said.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

The quiet, dreamy, well-behaved Ivy from school was chattering away excitedly to the tall woman, breaking off the words “—and then we learned—” the instant she saw Josie.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix