well-adjusted

Example Sentences

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"For Fern, living with a well-adjusted dog can be a big boost," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

For every success story, there seems to be a counter-story; for every autistic person who became well-adjusted, there are others who feel stymied from trauma.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

Instead it’s something rare: a reminiscence from a remarkably well-adjusted and good-humored former child star that still manages to tell some tales about what he calls “the shark-infested waters of show business.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Health experts agree that gender-affirming medical care is an essential tool in treating gender dysphoria and helping trans youth live happy, healthy, well-adjusted lives.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2023

If anything, it stood even more upright: at the end of the long chain of adaptive evolution was the well-adjusted, best-erected, most perfected mammal of them all: humans.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee