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Example sentences for: well-meaning

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Cynics might chalk up this latest report as yet another well-meaning effort to build support for child-abuse programs.
Meanwhile, his well-meaning but narcissistic mother mopes around the house, so his only example of adult behavior is hopeless isolation.
I cringe when I think of the hunger there must've been among African-American actors for what will end up being the highest profile part for a black man this year: the John Coffey role in The Green Mile . Michael Duncan Clarke handles the role with all the dignity he can muster, and it's undeniably a well-meaning movie.
However, your point is taken that well-meaning pleasantries should be accepted for what they are, and Prudie's New Year's resolution is to chill when it comes to banalities.
Consider, for instance, the now-standard formulation that if blacks would only surrender their race-consciousness, we could all ascend to a colorblind nirvana . You hear this line from plenty of well-meaning whites.