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 his family said he was a "very kind child" who was always well behaved and "never naughty".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024

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

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

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

From Reuters • Oct. 15, 2023

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison