good people
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Let's break a record and send a message that they can't mess with us anymore. We are good people in the Rio Grande Valley," Pulido told the crowd of thousands at Sunday's rally.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
This phenomenon stems in part from the just-world cognitive bias, the tendency to believe that the world is fundamentally fair and that good people are rewarded while bad people are punished.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
“It’s no surprise that at the end of the quarter, there’s spikes one way or another because people want to look good, people want to hedge their losses,” Lescure said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It’s only the first of many shocks that Claire has in store for the good people of Gullen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
There were good people on the block, but what I wanted was to be more than what I saw on the block.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
![]()
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.