How to Use good guy in a Sentence

good guy

noun
  • Just a very, very, very good guy.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • There is a good guy and there is a bad guy.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • There was no good guy with a gun to protect us kids at school.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • First, was the idea about a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun.
    — Paul Vasquez, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • The hardest thing to teach our kids is that no one’s just a good guy or a bad guy.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Luka is a good guy, but f*** the Lakers.
    — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The only way to stop a criminal with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.
    — Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • In this case, the sole person there right now is a good guy who has to survive on his own.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Wayne always said that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun was a good guy with a gun.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Bale’s startling as a good guy who’s in danger of going bad.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The hardest thing to explain was that my ex was always a good guy and a great dad.
    — Hoda Mallone, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Others didn’t go through that step and put the wrong one out, but, but Rob’s a good guy and.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Reigns is walking a tricky line, being a good guy but still keeping some of his dark, cool parts.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Her dad played at Delaware and was a big football fan and good guy.
    — Dave Skretta, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Orton became a good guy, and Cody and Ted teamed up against him.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The character is complex, but nobody would call him a good guy.
    — Mark Harris, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Billy is such a good guy, and his songs are incredible.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • What’s your take on playing a villain as opposed to playing a good guy in your roles?
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Sandy lost her soulmate and the world lost a talented, handsome, all around good guy!
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Such a great guy, like a really, really good guy.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Beom-woo’s growth from a bad person to a good guy happens, but feels somewhat unearned.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 11 June 2025
  • Yeah, and Gary, the psychiatrist, is a good guy.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Still, Gary is generally a good guy.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Rick was a good guy and a great drummer whose innovative drum patterns helped shape our songs.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • One good guy with a gun could have stopped the evil criminals who opened fire on the crowd immediately.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Patrice Bergeron is a paragon of hockey virtue, a first-class player, leader, and all-time good guy.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • What matters is declaring a good guy and a bad guy, where both of these roles are obvious and unchanging.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2024
  • Titans coach Brian Callahan is a good guy with a strong pedigree.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Speaking of last season’s cliffhanger, is Rankin, like, 90% good guy at this point?
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Republican lawmakers often argue that the thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 1 June 2023

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