well-behaved

Example Sentences

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For Zap's method, controlling the stabilizing flow that keeps the plasma well behaved is just as critical as achieving strong compression.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

Paying tribute to Alexander at the time, his family said he was a "very kind child" who was always well behaved and "never naughty".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

A woman in the neighbourhood says Anshika "was very well behaved… a lovely girl" and describes her family as "very simple… incapable of the gruesome crime they are being accused of".

From BBC • May 12, 2024

"I have no clue whether markets will remain relatively well behaved," said Erik Nielsen, group chief economics adviser at UniCredit.

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2023

The other boys were well behaved, except for staring at me, the newcomer.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood