GOODWILL in a Sentence

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22 example sentences for GOODWILL, such as:

1. Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.
2. There is goodwill between the former enemies.
3. I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill.
4. He expressed goodwill towards his former colleagues.
5. Given goodwill on both sides I'm sure we can reach agreement.

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 Meanings and Examples of GOODWILL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
goodwill
 n.  a disposition to kindness and compassion
 n.  (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets)
Classic Sentence:
1  After all, I reflected, I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men, comparing my active goodwill with the lazy cruelty of their neglect.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
2  Susan had an open, sensible countenance; she was like William, and Fanny hoped to find her like him in disposition and goodwill towards herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  With all the goodwill in the world he may be unable to help you.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
4  In half the time which he had named, he had captured the housekeeper's goodwill and was chatting with her as if he had known her for years.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
5  Mihail Vassilievitch Sludin, the chief secretary, was a straightforward, intelligent, good-hearted, and conscientious man, and Alexey Alexandrovitch was aware of his personal goodwill.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 21
6  For him she was the one island not only of goodwill to him, but of love in the midst of the sea of hostility and jeering that surrounded him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 24
7  But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44
8  In short, it would seem that no human agency could have approached such a man and gained his goodwill.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
9  Thou hast thy father Daunus' realm, hast many towns taken by thine hand, nor is Latinus lacking in gold and goodwill.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TWELFTH
10  For, although one may be very strong in armed forces, yet in entering a province one has always need of the goodwill of the natives.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
Example Sentence:
1  Given goodwill on both sides I'm sure we can reach agreement.
2  Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.
3  Addressing customers in their own language helps create goodwill.
4  I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill.
5  There is goodwill between the former enemies.
6  He expressed goodwill towards his former colleagues.
7  A fund was set up as a goodwill gesture to survivors and their families.
8  The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
9  This gesture of goodwill did little to improve the tense atmosphere at the talks.
10  The school has to rely on the goodwill of the parents to help it raise money.
11  For all the current goodwill on display in Aceh, Indonesian and rebel soldiers are still deeply suspicious of one another.
12  In an apparent gesture of goodwill toward the host country, Obama's ride even strayed from the usual protocol by flying the Russian tricolor, complete with little golden tassels.