Example Sentences

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So instead of chewing out defenseman Connor Clifton for taking too many chances on the ice, Montgomery good-heartedly calls him Kenny Rogers, after the 1978 song, “The Gambler.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

He asked to see me play, which I did, and he laughed good-heartedly.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 26, 2016

"Oh, let him sleep on my cot," interposed Harry, good-heartedly.

From The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

There was no response, for, good-heartedly enough, Ram had, as before-said, repented, and come back alone.

From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.

The quarrel was calmed at once, and the Bonapartes good-heartedly ran to the rescue.

From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Dillon, Mary