How to Use good in a Sentence

good

1 of 3 adjective

• Keep up the good work.
• The food was good but not great.
• Did you have a good time at the party?
• I'm afraid your work is just not good enough.
• The car is in good condition.
• You'll need better tools for this job.
• He has done good but not outstanding work.
• There are some good restaurants in this neighborhood.
• We're expecting good weather for the weekend.
• That could be good news for the fight against the virus.
  — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 29 June 2022
• But the venues were a decent size, and the crowds were good.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2021
• Her time was good enough for fifth in the field as well.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 22 May 2022
• The rest of the group did a good job stepping up and masking the loss.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2022
• Three hours of charge is good for about 12 hours of warmth.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
• Rodriguez has been back to his best for the Tigers, with a 2.75 ERA on the year.
  — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• There is a lot going on in the world, a lot of it not good.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• This could be a good weekend to look for love in all the right places.
  — oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2020
• With a good leaf blower, the job can be done in a fraction of the time.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
• Very good, too, with a mess of fried seafood or light cheeses.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• The lengthy break is coming at a good time, Payne said.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 26 Dec. 2022
• There’s now good cause to think Ukraine can win this war.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
• Finance-wise, the mayor said the city is in good shape.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2021
• Recent days have seen the first good news out of Gaza in a long time.
  — Matthew Duss, Foreign Affairs, 27 Nov. 2023
• But this is one case where that may be a good thing for the planet.
  — Maddie Stone, Wired, 11 July 2020
• All dogs are good—some are just a little ruff around the edges.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 25 Aug. 2023
• That doesn’t mean getting a run in down there isn’t a good idea.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2021
• Cons There aren’t half sizes, but our tester sized up and found a good fit.
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
• And that can't be good for our society in the long run.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
• While that’s good, Toth warns the study should be viewed with caution.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
• For a change, there’s been a lot of good injury news for the Heat lately.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024

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good

2 of 3 noun

• Teachers can be a strong force for good.
• She believes that the good go to heaven when they die and the bad go to hell.
• What is life's highest good?
• Only the good die young.
• Parents must teach their children the difference between the good and the bad.
• They had to sacrifice lesser goods for greater ones.
• She believes there is some good in everyone.
• But the state lies in all the tongues of good and evil.
  — Alan Jacobs, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
• So take a deep breath and look for the good around you.
  — Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
• The good is the Browns are winning as the lessons come his way.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2020
• My best friend has seen the good, the bad and the ugly sides of me.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 13 May 2022
• Their goal in life is to chow down for the greater good.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2021
• For the sake of the greater good, don’t just wear a mask and stay at home.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
• One of the projects was to help the Afghans produce leather goods.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• Who doesn’t love a chance to do good while out on the town?
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2021
• Want to drink your beer and do some good at the same time?
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 4 Jan. 2023
• To rush him and choke him out, what good's that gonna do me?
  — CBS News, 8 Feb. 2018
• That being said…the good did far outweigh the bad in the long run.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2020
• Here are reminders that there is a lot of good in the world...
  — James Barrett, Redbook, 9 June 2020
• The tiny plane aspect of this show needs to end for good.
  — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2021
• Watkins scored 13 of the Trojans’ first 15 points in the fourth and then sat down for good.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• Not enough to do me any good, but enough to make a song about it.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
• Your eyes, use them to see the good in people and in each day.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
• Then the Dodgers tacked on a couple more to pull away for good.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• The mole children had been rescued by the forces of good.
  — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
• That argument of the greater good held a lot of weight for me.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2022
• Use it as a dip, on a sandwich, in a soup or in a baked good.
  — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2019
• Trust the good in your work; your co-writer isn’t crazy.
  — Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2021
• There's no word on when the iRobot sale ends, but deals this good won't last long.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• The study shows that the bond market is no good at this, either.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2021

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good

3 of 3 adverb

• The team is doing good this year.
• The other team whipped us good.
• Things have been going good lately.
• In that sense, the jury—and the public—was being good-copped.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• Clean lines are well and good, but at some point ease starts to feel like erasure.
  — Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 25 Jan. 2016
• Mejia is good-looking in a middle-aged Vin Diesel sort of way.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• The handsome one is made fun of for being good-looking.
  — Irina Dumitrescu, Longreads, 17 Nov. 2021
• Usually, your first test is bad, even if the movie ends up good.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2022
• The less good-looking, but those of us really putting in the effort.
  — John Ortved, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
• No doubt, the weekly good-bad-ugly film study with the full team present had plenty on the back end.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2022
• All four new starters will put up good-to-great numbers for some of the nation's best teams.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2022
• It’s one thing to pay to see a good-looking person on a silver screen.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2021
• The coal economy withered away and took the good-paying jobs with it.
  — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 2 Aug. 2022
• The good-looking rapper and actor is a father of two girls.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 18 June 2021
• These go well and good when the environment is healthy.
  — Filipe Pacheco, Bloomberg.com, 22 May 2017
• Both are good-eating ducks, though the young birds are full of pinfeathers.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2021
• Everything came back good -- CT (scan), all that kind of stuff.
  — Reuters, CNN, 29 Apr. 2021
• Then the foundries began leaving in the 1980s, taking good-paying jobs with them.
  — Freep.com, 13 Feb. 2021
• Manuel Barrera, a good-looking soldier, caught the 17-year-old’s eye.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021
• Just the thought of hugging your friend good-bye after hanging out at the park is electric.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 8 June 2021
• Still, the lack of good-paying jobs had weighed on Lee Cole, who grew up just outside of Mayfield.
  — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
• The guy’s a good-looking, young director that has a penchant for younger girls.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022
• Look at the way the league changed, and how the changes fit Miller’s skills as an exceptional runner and good-enough passer.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 1 June 2021
• A loaf that tastes good, or good enough, and doesn't leave any mess whatsoever.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2017
• Does this mean Cristina will send over another very good-looking man to fill the role of McIrish?
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• When my arm feels good, pitching is my favorite thing to do on the diamond.
  — Tim Schwartz, Howard County Times, 21 June 2017
• The camera block is good-looking, too, with more chamfered edges, square sides, and a two-tone color scheme.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2022
• For example, if a dairy cow produces lots of good-tasting milk, what farmer wouldn’t want two of that cow?
  — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2020
• To corral Covid supplies, said Ms. Peña, add a good-looking lift-top box to the entry table.
  — Elizabeth Anne Hartman, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• Ma come down in his group’s good-natured dark roast vs. medium light roast debate?
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 28 Apr 2024