best behavior

Example Sentences

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Larry Ellison predicts an AI-powered surveillance state in which “citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

If you can do the cauliflower, you better be on your best behavior.’

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2024

“I often felt awkward and hyperconscious, like people were staring at me or that I always had to be on my best behavior so that I represented the Army in a positive way.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Listen, as A.I. is continuing to develop, and we don’t know if we’re making ourselves extinct to any potential sentient being, Brown is on his best behavior.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Like a pet who really didn’t want you to go and was convinced that if she were on her best behavior you might change your mind.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi