How to Use well-meaning in a Sentence

well-meaning

adjective

• To play it safe, Lennon flushed it down the toilet — much to the disappointment of the well-meaning Smith.
  — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
• As to those well-meaning folks who offer you these pep talks, be polite.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
• Nice, well-meaning folks don’t raise a man who can take a life without blinking an eye.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
• Many well-meaning gardeners and nature lovers feed whole or carved pumpkins to deer at the end of fall.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
• Some are clear mess-ups, the short-fuse snaps or hurtful comments that even well-meaning parents make.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
• Sometimes well-meaning adults try to keep the padding in place anyway, only to make things harder for the child.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
• The West Wing represents the most earnest end of the spectrum, showing us well-meaning adults running the country.
  — Whizy Kim, Vox, 23 July 2024
• When users don’t trust a platform, even well-meaning attempts to make things better can make things worse.
  — Scott Duke Kominers, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
• To someone who fell forward, burned on their front, and was then rolled over by a well-meaning bystander, burning the back of their body too.
  — Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
• Without the right tools, even well-meaning philanthropists can slow down their progress and impact.
  — Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• The incident is just par for the course for Gomez, Hollywood’s busiest—if most well-meaning—gossip girl.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024
• In 2016, the well-meaning liberals who would later display in-this-house signs on their lawns were in the market for a certain kind of book.
  — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• His actions during that flight were a well-meaning attempt simply to wake himself up from the dream.
  — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• For some, the hollow, well-meaning sympathy proves too harsh to stomach.
  — Joseph Lezza, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2023
• But along with the excitement also comes the advice of well-meaning abuelos, tías, cousins, and friends on how to raise our children.
  — Lola Sanchez, Parents, 29 May 2024
• But even well-meaning physicians are not immune to the dynamic.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• The dragonflies and ants captivated me more than the text or my well-meaning teacher.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• Ultimately, the actor is remembered by many of the show’s cast and crew as a gifted, well-meaning artist.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
• Its other big boon is sweet, innocent, well-meaning Hank.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2024
• Hur concluded a jury would find Biden a well-meaning old man who was forgetful.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
• Perhaps most upsetting, though, was the pose taken by a professor — a well-meaning white man who pantomimed a big, warm bear hug.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• And Kylie, 32, warns well-meaning admirers that gushing to her about pending motherhood do so at their own risk.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
• Avoid any area that resembles a runway for children, dogs, even well-meaning neighbors.
  — Cindy Bruecks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2023
• Victims of Tropical Storm Hilary and well-meaning people looking to help them should be on the lookout for these common scams.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Other well-meaning passengers will sometimes offer their seat to me so that my son and I can sit together.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
• The tales are often boring, marked by a well-meaning blandness — by an avoidance of uncomfortable truths.
  — Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• These are well-meaning lessons, if by now wearyingly familiar ones.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• But this well-meaning effort can backfire in several ways.
  — Oona Hanson, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
• At some point, you’ve probably been nagged by your doctor, an overly concerned parent, or a well-meaning health site (hello!) to wear SPF.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 June 2023
• When the Hur report came out, that was directly critical of Biden and referred to him as a well-meaning old man with memory issues.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 7 Jan 2025