How to Use behavior in a Sentence

behavior

noun

• I'm surprised by her bad behavior toward her friends.
• Doctors are trying to educate people about behaviors that can put them at increased risk for skin cancer.
• Students will be rewarded for good behavior.
• The experiment tested the behavior of various metals under heat and pressure.
• An acceptable social behavior in one country may be unacceptable in another country.
• Tina, on the other hand, is the new: the new behavior, the new hope.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
• Even if he is used to that kind of behavior from his friends.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Dave, who seemed used to this silly behavior, told his wife to get out of the hall.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• Now, many crows in the same neck of the woods show hostile behavior to humans.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 15 June 2023
• Should mom rock the boat about sons-in-law’s behavior at cabin?
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• What type of message does this send to the people who think this behavior is ok?
  — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 2 June 2023
• Last week, one of the staff members told me that his behavior is worse than the other kids in his group.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
• If behavior at school is a problem, the kids pay for it on the field — push-ups, sprints, extra laps.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• The host described Smith’s behavior at the Oscars as the actor standing up for the wrong thing at the wrong time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Your wife’s main concern is to shift the blame for her behavior onto you.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• The data contains IDs to map the behavior to a profile.
  — José Adorno, BGR, 7 Nov. 2022
• The book is full of stories about the predictable costs of fame and about the bad behavior that keeps on happening.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• On the morning of the shooting, the parents were summoned to the school over their son’s troubling behavior.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2022
• And just maybe, their behavior isn't so alien after all.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• Since his guilty plea, questions have emerged over what the BBC knew and when about Edwards’ behavior.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
• What if they’re kicked out of a shelter because of their behavior?
  — USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
• No one that worked with him or witnessed his behavior is surprised by any of this.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
• Everyone is going to be a bit stressed out near the 21st, though; don’t take their off-putting behavior to heart.
  — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 May 2023
• The self-help expert’s guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones via tiny changes in behavior.
  — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• But men like Brauer’s patient show the effects of behavior.
  — Andrea Atkins, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
• In middle school the bullying got so bad that cops talked to the other kids about the effects of such behavior.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
• Some of them hid their abusive behavior, and some displayed it like a medal of honor.
  — Sage Agee, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
• The vile extent of Giuliani’s alleged behavior is, again, too long to list here.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
• General manager Nico Harrison did not like the behavior Dončić had expressed with the drinking beer and smoking hookah.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
• The team was able to produce similar behavior using models of a Majorana zero mode.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025