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
Consider clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, or CHIP, in which blood cells harbor mutations often seen in blood cancer, giving them a growth advantage over their well-behaved neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 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
It sounds like something out of a Trollope novel—a well-behaved boy lapping up statecraft over dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
He’s one of a pack of siblings, the second son, a younger brother, a proper and well-behaved middle child.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
