good-hearted
Example Sentences
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Baseball is fleeting, a bit of good-hearted nationalism doubly so.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
Samantha’s father hires Nana away from her grimy pub-cleaning job to answer the phone at his taxi service: a good-hearted gesture or a bribe to keep her and Janey quiet?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Peggy Jo Tallas was, by all accounts, the classic good-hearted Texas woman.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
Pragmatic, good-hearted Ava is the film’s moral center, the one disgusted enough to realize that she, her friends and Southport’s leadership are all cretins.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
“He’s a good-hearted boy. Anything breaks at my house, he fixes it.”
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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