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

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

"If you have an animal that lives close to humans, you have to be well-behaved enough," Lesch said.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

“I’m surprised! A well-behaved girl like you. What would your mother say if she knew you had been impertinent to your teacher?”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith