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Recent Examples of good-hearted Heckerling's 1995 film, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen's witty novel of young love, Emma, centers on Silverstone's sunny, good-hearted, yet at times slightly daft heroine. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Can blue cities and states, nonprofits and good-hearted corporations keep up the fight without any federal help? Bill Weir, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025 Pattinson manages a fine and witty character delineation between good-hearted, passive #17 and steely, brutal #18. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025 It feels directly dragged out of the 1980s and early 1990s, a time when Hollywood was devoted to turning out swarms of action flicks in which some flawed and downtrodden but good-hearted hero thwarts a devious conspiracy or an impending alien invasion or whatever. Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for good-hearted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-hearted
Adjective
  • Doctor providing compassionate healthcare consultation while young couple patient holding hand, comfort each other after infertile report.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
  • Empathy enhances your conversations as Mercury aligns with compassionate Neptune.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • The boys play benevolent Nathan Fielder types helping their friend Karli rehearse an upcoming appearance on the popular social-media show SubwayTakes; the prompts she’s presented with in their VR simulator offer a perfect place to nest jokes.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 26 June 2025
  • Murals across Iran feature his seemingly benevolent white-bearded face.
    Steve Inskeep, NPR, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Much like his character, Boyce is mild-mannered, kind and effortlessly funny.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • Despite the criticism, Tonn remains grateful for the support the video has brought to the dog's case, and the majority of kind comments.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Iran’s missile strike against a U.S. military base in Qatar was met with near-unanimous rebuke in the Middle East, including from sympathetic powers such as Oman.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2025
  • Trump and his cabinet members have repeatedly characterized Khalil’s advocacy as antisemitic and as being sympathetic to Hamas, which the U.S. designates as a terrorist organization.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • It's been quite a year so this was really such a thoughtful gesture and seriously made my month.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Beneath the surface of its superlatives lies depth — thoughtful nods to heritage, reinterpretations of tradition and layers of cultural meaning embedded in contemporary forms.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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“Good-hearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good-hearted. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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