How to Use goodwill in a Sentence

goodwill

noun

• They allowed him to keep the extra money as a gesture of goodwill.
• She has goodwill toward all her coworkers.
• Time will tell if the goodwill lasts.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 15 Jan. 2026
• The goodwill didn’t stop there.
  — Alyssa Dzikowski, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
• The hope has been left in the desert, and the goodwill has dried up.
  — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
• Any goodwill Jill had didn’t last long.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• To all men and women of goodwill.
  — Pope Leo Xiv, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
• By that time, there was enormous goodwill for these rare birds.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
• Speak with care, as goodwill shapes the deal today well.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026
• Not for goodwill, but for a project that would reteam them as writers.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• If that doesn’t buy goodwill, nothing can.
  — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026
• That has earned her some goodwill from the White House.
  — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
• That model works because it is not based on trust or goodwill.
  — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
• Don’t depend on luck or goodwill to get over a sticking point.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 30 July 2021
• But Democrats’ loss of goodwill is more recent.
  — Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• Where will all this goodwill go after the parade ends?
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• The church has spread goodwill and good deeds to other countries as well.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• Where there is a will there is a way, and the way can run more smoothly when there is goodwill.
  — Magi Helena, oregonlive, 14 June 2020
• Because of its slow growth rate, planting an oak tree is an act of goodwill.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
• Because of its slow growth rate, planting an oak tree is an act of goodwill.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
• But as the war drags on, strains on resources and goodwill are starting to show.
  — Hanna Kozlowska, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2022
• But goodwill will get siphoned without a big splash.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
• The ship was docked in New York for five days as part of a goodwill tour.
  — John Bacon, USA Today, 21 May 2025
• But those scraps of goodwill may be vanishing.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2025
• The fact that both sides want to describe the meeting as a win shows goodwill, at least.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 15 May 2026
• Parity will not be achieved through goodwill alone.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
• There is too much love and goodwill and the fan base is incredible.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 June 2021
• Clyburn said Biden had a reservoir of goodwill in the state and had spent a lot of time there.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
• Any hopes for equality would be up to the goodwill of rich countries.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
• But there was so much goodwill in the audience at those first few previews.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 June 2024