How to Use well-meaning in a Sentence

well-meaning

adjective

• When that alignment is off, even the most well-meaning touch can fall flat or make things worse.
  — Brian N. Chin, The Conversation, 16 May 2025
• 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 the pressure mounts, even a well-meaning boss can become the one nobody wants to work for.
  — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
• Romance is also in the air for Muriel’s, who’s been fixed up by her well-meaning friends.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 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
• But even for a brief, well-meaning moment, the show takes the spotlight off the queens, which means less revelry for drag on my television.
  — Chris Feil, Vulture, 30 May 2025
• 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
• Or, your well-meaning mother won’t stop grilling you about still being single.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 26 Dec. 2024
• But even well-meaning physicians are not immune to the dynamic.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• Lots of suggestions for cures and whatnot, all from well-meaning people.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2025
• Most striking is that milk’s return to favor isn’t being led by kids and their well-meaning parents.
  — HubSpot, 2 May 2025
• 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
• Alex makes it to Grand Central to buy a train ticket to Bozeman where the well-meaning gent who sells her the ticket delivers a version of the same sermon.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
• And this is, quite bravely, what the movie is interested in—the choice of a victim not to speak out, and the ripples of unease this causes among both well-meaning adults and Julie’s peers.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
• For Brian Tyree Henry playing the role of a messy but well-meaning ex-convict was oddly cathartic.
  — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 16 June 2025
• As the saying goes, her performance turns on a dime, sending what first appears to a pretty standard, well-meaning story about the global refugee crisis somewhere much more personal and much, much darker.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2025
• Even neutral or well-meaning gestures are perceived as selfish, passive-aggressive or hostile.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025