goody-goody
Example Sentences
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She elevates the role which, frankly, is a little thin: the sweet, high-ponytailed, goody-goody who doesn't even have her ears pierced.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022
“I’ve been fighting that goody-goody stuff for years, because if you let people make you out to be perfect there just ain’t no margin for error,” he told his children.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021
“Sturdy” was the word he returned to, even though the Tallahassee boy looked soft, conducted himself like a goody-goody, and had an irritating tendency to preach.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 25, 2019
Even apple-cheeked Sally Field seemed too goody-goody for the rogue stock car driver.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2018
But also because now I have to prove I’m not a goody-goody.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
