well-behaved
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
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
At first his projects were fairly well-behaved and faithful, at least outwardly, to the Modernist principles he had learned at USC: flat roofs, restrained geometry.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
"If you have an animal that lives close to humans, you have to be well-behaved enough," Lesch said.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
If I were well-behaved for a term or two, I would get access to the Archives.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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