well-behaved

Example Sentences

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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

If parents only left money to well-behaved adult children with a pristine record of good manners and fiscal responsibility, most pet shelters would probably never have to raise funds again.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

At first his projects were fairly well-behaved and faithful, at least outwardly, to the Modernist principles he had learned at USC: flat roofs, restrained geometry.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

In Adelaide, police estimated that 15,000 people were present at both a rally and counter-demonstration, and said that crowds were "generally well-behaved", according to local media.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

“Yes. They thought you were a well-behaved gentleman. I had only dated boys at the church to Sunday school affairs.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy