well-behaved
Example Sentences
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Fans by the hundreds take over streets and subways and sports bars, expressing generally well-behaved passion for their teams and countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 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
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
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
