How to Use good-natured in a Sentence

good-natured

adjective
  • The uncles got a kick out of me and were more than good-natured with me.
    — Drew Carberry, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
  • My husband, in turn, is good-natured and lets things roll off his back.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • It was supposed to play out that way in a good-natured manner.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 11 June 2023
  • Walter Schreiber was a good-natured man.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Raven was the oldest but seemed like the baby, good-natured and sweet.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • Mahomes grinned and added a good-natured jab at his teammate.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The game can lead to swaths of emails and good-natured trash talking amongst team owners.
    — Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Other good-natured face-offs have worked to settle feuds or team up old rivals.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
  • Kolek has already started some good-natured trash talk with Johnson via text.
    — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2023
  • In any case, the artist seems too good-natured to be more upset than amused by the ethical quandaries.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
  • There is good-natured laughter and yelling as the kicker retrieves the ball and rolls it back to the pitcher.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
  • Michalle is petite, good-natured, and very pretty, with dark eyes and a radiant smile.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Most were good-natured but some veered towards nasty although the barbs eventually died down.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The two arrived in formal Filipino attire and were teased by good-natured friends.
    — Rosalie R. Radomsky, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The Gray Man star was also bracing for some good-natured ribbing from his close friends.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The teacher was a good-natured man with a red, rumpled forehead, small friendly eyes, and a joyful smile.
    — Mary Gaitskill, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Ringo Starr is delivering a good-natured lecture on bone and joint health.
    — Kim Willis, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But even then, The Full Monty remains too good-natured to get all that cross with.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • In the Mets’ clubhouse, Soto’s lack of speed is the butt of good-natured ribbing.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, the movie is simply too goofy and good-natured for any of its feminist agitation to land.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • At one point a trio of good-natured twenty-something slackers set up camp about 10 yards away from her little crew.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Bregman hinted that the boos were expected and overall good-natured.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • David says Mangione was always good-natured about the attention.
    — Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
  • And this isn't the only thing that Renner is good-natured about after his accident.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
  • These provide a kind of spine for the film, as their exchanges range over the course of production from good-natured to dramatic.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • During a round of toasts, she was admonished — in a good-natured way — by co-workers, for raising her water glass.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • This led to production problems at times, which Corman solved with good-natured dispatch.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024
  • Princess Anne and King Charles proved that good-natured sibling ribbing never takes a rest.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Big, brash and smart, and with just a little good-natured menace, not unlike BigX himself.
    — John Norris, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Collins will play Louis, White Sun’s good-natured and levelheaded cousin.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 July 2025

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