good will

Example Sentences

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This editorial is hard to read, but unless we want to experience similar terror-driven antisemitic outrages in the future, the truth must be told and retold to and by people of good will.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Just last week, Havana announced that it was releasing 51 prisoners “in the spirit of good will and close, fluid relations with the Vatican.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

"I have come here in good will," Herzog said.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

It got me thinking—’tis the season—about good will toward men and the seasonal spirit of kindness, empathy and compassion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Therefore, when an embassy arrived from Aeneas asking for a narrow resting place upon the coast and the common liberty of air and water, Latinus received them with great good will.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton