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
They should have been on their best behavior on Tuesday to avoid any glimmer of impropriety.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 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
As for the children being proof of the value of Penelope’s education...well, the Incorrigibles’ best behavior was very good indeed, but their less-than-best could be positively hair-raising.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
