nice guy

Example Sentences

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I actually met Wilder once in Dubai and he was great - cordial, high energy, a really nice guy - but as a fighter, of late, there is a question mark.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"He also didn't let me settle. He was very good at challenging people and helping students be the best they can be. Above all, he's a very funny, genuine, nice guy."

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

His Clark Kent-esque transformation, from unimposing nice guy — “the nicest guy in the entire world,” Casparius said — to smirking menace whenever the day needs saving is the stuff of comic book legends.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

"Thaksin is a really nice guy and intellectual," his 46-year-old nephew told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Not that your father wasn’t a nice guy and all, but he wasn’t up to fatherhood.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood