well-behaved
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“Sylvie Sprouse. And she’s a very well-behaved baby.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
But she says she soon realised that being well-behaved at Skircoat made her a target for Phillips.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
“We can do with a few well-behaved fellows like you,” he said to Boxwood.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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