goody-goody

Example Sentences

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She elevates the role which, frankly, is a little thin: the sweet, high-ponytailed, goody-goody who doesn't even have her ears pierced.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022

“I’ve been fighting that goody-goody stuff for years, because if you let people make you out to be perfect there just ain’t no margin for error,” he told his children.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021

Even apple-cheeked Sally Field seemed too goody-goody for the rogue stock car driver.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2018

It’s drive-in, drive-through and road-trip season, and especially on sunny days, sometimes food doesn’t have to be goody-goody to be good.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2017

And I had learned an important lesson: If you were going to survive in jail, the goody-goody stuff had to go.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover