How to Use good faith in a Sentence

good faith

noun
  • You have no right to question my good faith.
  • However, there is an agreement between the league and its media partners to revisit the rights deals with good faith talks after three years.
    Tim Baysinger, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • According to the Times, the trust only allows changes that are done in good faith with the purpose of benefiting all heirs.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Use that self-knowledge to say yes or no to things in good faith.
    Elizabeth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The lie, though told in a house of worship, was a small one and made in good faith, La Rosa said.
    Kate Bennett, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The union said Sysco had failed to bargain in good faith on a new contract.
    Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Farnsworth’s spokesman, Chris Bond, said that Farnsworth acted in good faith and would fight the charges.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The bank does not owe you a duty of good faith to protect the box’s contents.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
  • Democrats in this process of not acting in good faith clearly.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Anonymous sources tell The Post that the deal is moving forward in good faith.
    Joe Wituschek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Do the good faith work of handing things over to people who will pick up your work.
    Jennifer Mizgata, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Trustees are obliged to deal with one another in good faith, too.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
  • And once again, the Republicans are abusing the good faith of the voters of Ohio.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • This doesn’t fit the tenor of good faith or relationships.
    Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • As a show of good faith, the boss writes out an advance check: two hundred and fifty dollars.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • This is not what someone who is acting in good faith does.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2021
  • While the recommendation may be made in good faith, the coach could be blind to their bias.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Experts can and do disagree in good faith over the next steps to be taken to handle Covid-19.
    Joel M. Zinberg, National Review, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Instead, there is almost no trust, good will, good faith, or good path.
    David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 17 Jan. 2021
  • That doesn’t feel like a very good faith effort to work together.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
  • As a show of good faith, Sherman agreed to void the 2025 team option on the manager’s contract.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • And there was no question Terrones acted in good faith.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But not all the critics of campus reforms were acting in good faith.
    Alexandra Brodsky, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The filing says the settlement is contingent on the court’s finding it was made in good faith.
    NBC News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • If an employer bargains in good faith but the parties fail to reach an agreement, the union has a right to strike.
    Raymond Hogler, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The few who do not make that transformation are all the more touching for the quirks that make their good faith costly.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • At one point, the con artists said that Nettleman could give them a $5 payment within 24 hours to show good faith.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Instead of bargaining in good faith — MLB locked us out.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The agreement that was negotiated in good faith turned out to be a bad bargain for the tribe.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2020
  • That’s a project that would require everyone’s best efforts and good faith.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023

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