well-behaved
conducting oneself in a satisfactory manner
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How to use well-behaved in a sentence
On the other hand, there is, in fact, a glut of perfectly healthy and well-behaved dogs and cats that need homes.
Their challenge is to find purpose and a voice, beyond being the well-behaved baubles expected of them.
If Kate Middleton’s Butt Could Speak: It’s Time Royal Princesses Led Visible, Voluble Public Lives | Tim Teeman | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt seems to have started with Kathryn Skaggs who, according to the title of her blog, is “A well-behaved Mormon Woman.”
Fortnum is well behaved, but Mason appears to be a little more of a scamp.
Penis Beakers and Constipated Dolls: What Mothers REALLY Want To Know | Tom Sykes | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTContrary to popular opinion, the Queen's corgi are actually usually very well behaved.
Queen's Corgis Savage Beatrice's Terrier in Royal Dog Fight | Tom Sykes | August 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
With this decision Tom took up his lessons, and had never been more studious and well behaved than he was that day.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesIn no similar establishment did I ever see so much order, or find the natives so well-behaved as here.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe former were well-dressed and well-behaved, and did not insult citizens nor ladies upon the streets.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowHe ate them all himself slowly, and was so very quiet and well-behaved all the time that Tommy hoped he was sobering down.
The Talking Horse | F. AnsteyS—— and W—— have both been well-behaved prisoners and have given the jail officials no trouble whatever.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
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