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.
• 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
• Your wife’s main concern is to shift the blame for her behavior onto you.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• And just maybe, their behavior isn't so alien after all.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 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
• The sound helped Ramos locate the bird in the dense forest and observe its foraging behavior.
  — Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
• As the very shape of the continents shifts, the line between forces of nature and the impacts of human behavior often seems thin.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• This behavior, though, is of a piece with what Charles C. W. Cooke explored in a recent episode of his eponymous podcast.
  — Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
• At the same time, employee behavior has been monitored on work systems since the dawn of email.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• The example his behavior has set for your boys is atrocious.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• According to court records, friends had been concerned about his behavior in the days before the shooting.
  — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Now, three more birds at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park have developed the same bad habit—and zoo staffers have devised a risky plan to curb their bad behavior.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• The girl’s mother condemned the judge’s behavior and the entity’s 18-month silence in an interview with The Guardian.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Even making the show was difficult, four production sources say, due, in part, to Van Ness’ behind-the-scenes behavior.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
• Look at their behavior around 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., suggests Dr. Weissbluth.
  — Meagan Francis, Parents, 21 June 2023
• Esau witnessed the crowd's behavior toward the police cruiser.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 27 July 2023
• The people who tolerated and loved me despite that behavior, who worked to get that out of me, were always women.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
• There is also a sound detection software, which can infer chicken moods and behaviors through the pitch and pattern of their clucks, chirps, and alerts.
  — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
• And traditionally that is the kind of behavior that these cases have been most worried about.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
• Crows may also change their behavior in response to our kindness.
  — Tove Danovich, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
• More often than not, though, Larry’s behavior no longer rings true, and happens just to set up various plots.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
• All aspects of his behavior post-1969 have to be understood as figments of his illness.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023
• His teenage son and son’s mother first reported his behavior in May, seeking help.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• The Supreme Court on Monday released a code of conduct governing the behavior of the country’s most powerful judges for the first time in its history.
  — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024