well-behaved

Example Sentences

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The old-school kind where everybody is mostly well-behaved and polite, and the audience scrolls on their phones to stay awake.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

As long as they’re home by curfew, and have been well-behaved that week, the teens are allowed to set their own schedules.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

JPMorgan said a combination of solid growth and well-behaved inflation are producing a Goldilocks set-up for stocks to flourish.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

The facility rewards well-behaved prisoners by moving them to live in another level in the prison with "enhanced" privileges.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

The quiet, dreamy, well-behaved Ivy from school was chattering away excitedly to the tall woman, breaking off the words “—and then we learned—” the instant she saw Josie.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix