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How to use good in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, interjection, adverb

Good means acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral. Example: “Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it.”

Examples of good by meaning

adjectiveCompetent or talented.

  • a good swimmer
  • Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
  • And Marsha says I am a good cook!2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

adjectiveAble to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.

  • Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it.

adjectiveWell-behaved (especially of children or animals).

  • Be good while your mother and I are out.
  • Were you a good boy for the babysitter?

adjectiveSatisfied or at ease; not requiring more.

  • Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good.
  • Gimme another beer! — I think you're good.

adjectiveAccepting of, OK with.

  • My mother said she's good with me being alone with my date as long as she's met them first.
  • The soup is rather spicy. Are you good with that, or would you like something else?

adjectiveUseful for a particular purpose; functional.

  • it’s a good watch; the flashlight batteries are still good
  • In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3

adjectiveEffective.

  • a good worker
  • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...

adjectiveReal; actual; serious.

  • in good sooth

More sentences with good

  • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.From the entry merchandise
  • The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.From the entry product
  • The company is looking for people with good heads for business.From the entry head
  • Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.From the entry english
  • I think that red dress looks really good on you, but your mileage may vary, of course.From the entry your mileage may vary
  • The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations will be the acid test of their good will.From the entry accord
  • Security, stability, and efficiency are good qualities of an operating system.From the entry quality
  • Good ranchers must continually keep watch over the health of their stock.From the entry stock
  • Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.From the entry send
  • Taking a break from work seems to have done her a world of good.From the entry world
  • Giving your children a good education is a wise long-term investment.From the entry investment
  • A good all-round golfer, playing out of bunkers is my Achilles heel.From the entry Achilles heel
  • Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.From the entry plant
  • In this position, white has an opportunity to make a good move.From the entry white
  • None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.From the entry worst
  • I was at the docks seeing that the goods got properly unloaded.From the entry see
  • With John in charge of the project, it's in good hands.From the entry hand
  • I don't think it's a good idea for you and me to meet.From the entry for
  • The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.From the entry picture
  • Despite the reduced price of goods at the BX, everything is of high quality.From the entry bx
  • He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.From the entry amount
  • After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.From the entry fresh
  • The former is a good idea but the latter is not.From the entry former
  • He would make a good manager, if he had a little more backbone.From the entry backbone
  • I should determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.From the entry egg

Meaning of good

  1. adjective Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
  2. adjective Competent or talented.
  3. adjective Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.

Full definition of good

Questions about good in a sentence

How do you use good in a sentence?
Good is used as an adjective, interjection and adverb. For example: “Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it.”
What is a short sentence with good?
“a good swimmer”
What does good mean?
Good means acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: good (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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