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• Both of them are not on their best behavior with each other.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
• Do smart-car drivers need to be on their best behavior?
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022
• Expect everyone to be on their best behavior on the field and the sidelines.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022
• No doubt kids will be on their best behavior in the days leading up to St. Nicholas Day after being threatened with something like that.
  — Sucheta Rawal, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
• The dogs, some of whom were official therapy dogs like Spencer, were on their best behavior, and obliged the many photo requests.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• It's often said that the day of an interview is when everyone is on their best behavior.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• By that point, coaches gathered both units and implored them to keep it cordial, and for the second half of practice, both teams were on their best behavior.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• In others, family members have to be on their best behavior to make it through without some kind of contretemps.
  — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
• So for now, at least on a recent weeknight in Deptford, parents, grandparents and friends, were on their best behavior.
  — Dan Gelston, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
• Your kids will be on their best behavior because Santa's watching through the camera, and the rustic look will decorate any home.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 Oct. 2022
• Kwini said the check-ins have also helped put the staff in the right mindset when customers, who aren’t always on their best behavior, give negative feedback.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
• Otherwise, a chastened Globes were on their best behavior.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• For option three to happen without triggering a major backlash, Miller would need to be on their best behavior.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 June 2022
• Matthew Comenitz, the school’s assistant principal, said the Calming Corner has been so popular that students will be on their best behavior just to earn time there.
  — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• Perfect for convincing kids that Santa and his elves are really watching for who is on their best behavior.
  — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 15 Nov. 2022
• Usually the executives at these soirees are on their best behavior, especially when the discussion is on the record, like this one.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2024
• In an interview, Wilson recalled seeing Hedquist gather men around him and encourage them to be on their best behavior.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• In job interviews, potential employees and managers tend to be on their best behavior.
  — Tara Weiss, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2023
• Little ones can be reassured that the moving, interactive dinos will be on their best behavior as they are handled by their trainers.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 26 Jan. 2022
• In pagan and other pre-Christian traditions, legends arose of mythical beings who emerged during the long nights around the solstice to dole out more extreme punishments to those who weren't on their best behavior.
  — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024