Example sentences for: goody

How can you use “goody” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The problem both encounter in trying to script the lessons in too didactic a way--rule out Babar as colonialist, racist, sexist (Kohl), rehabilitate Goody Two Shoes (Bennett)--is that they often end up with duller stories than children deserve, tidily presented with trite interpretations.

  • Years ago, lexicographers used the label Colloquial to designate words and senses that were at a language level somewhat below that of formal usage but not so low down and dirty as to be considered Vulgar or Slang . A word like Goody!

  • The corporate-welfare queens who asked for this goody were lobbyists for the National Federation of Independent Business.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast