Example Sentences

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In case this column triggers a stampede to the well-raised pork producers, I should note that there won’t be enough for everyone.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

By all accounts, Ledecky is a polite, well-raised young woman, the sort of person who cheers on her teammates, asks how you’re doing, and doesn’t get caught up in her own hype.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2016

It surrounds Alice and her family with the signifiers of a perfect, privileged life: impressive jobs, well-raised children, a Manhattan brownstone and a lovely beach house, neither one too showy.

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2014

They’re both around my age, forty-something, and self-described conservatives, though Robert is quick to make wickedly wry observations that’d make you think he wasn’t the father of two well-raised daughters, and Jill obviously loves it. 

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2013

The second division of the lands is the well-raised part of the valley whose level lies above the ordinary inundations of the Brahmaputra.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various