BEHAVIOR in a Sentence

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For BEHAVIOR, below is one of 139 sentences:
Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.

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 Meanings and Examples of BEHAVIOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
behavior
 n.  the way in which one acts or conducts oneself
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  But she was a widow and she had to watch her behavior.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  Aunt Pitty's apprehensions quieted when she saw that Rhett was on his best behavior.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  She promised God good behavior in exchange for favors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
4  It was comforting to have a friend like Rhett, now that for some unaccountable reason he had decided to be on good behavior with her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  Rhett always sided with the child, no matter how foolish her desires or how outrageous her behavior.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
6  She felt the demand for standardized behavior coming in waves from all the citizens who sat in their sitting-rooms watching her with respectable eyes, waiting, demanding, unyielding.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  My behavior was altogether unaccountable.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  I lived in a state of chronic uneasiness respecting my behavior to Joe.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIV
10  "I am obliged to tell you that your behavior has been unbecoming today," he said to her in French.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 29
11  He was equable and not cringing with his superiors, was free and ingratiating in his behavior with his equals, and was contemptuously indulgent with his inferiors.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 1
12  He is weary of me and is trying not to be dishonorable in his behavior to me.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 30
13  Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  The inspector visited, one after another, the cells and dungeons of several of the prisoners, whose good behavior or stupidity recommended them to the clemency of the government.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14. The Two Prisoners.
15  reference is to the behavior of an actor in the Dionysian.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
Example Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
16  Such behavior is just not acceptable in this school.
17  She embodies her principles in her behavior.
18  Matt's behavior was arousing the interest of the neighbors.
19  Nothing can possibly excuse him for such rude behavior.
20  Your rude behavior reflects only upon yourself.
21  I want no repetition of your bad behavior.
22  His behavior made him many enemies.
23  The aircraft's behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight.
24  By way of illustration I'll refer to the behavior of rabbits.
25  Don't keep blaming your little sister for your bad behavior.
26  It did not take long to shame the boy into a change of behavior.
27  Parents should learn how to praise the children's good behavior.
28  He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.
29  Her whole behavior is calculated for effect.
30  I spoke to him concerning his behavior.