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.
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Tina, on the other hand, is the new: the new behavior, the new hope.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2024
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Even if he is used to that kind of behavior from his friends.
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Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2024
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Dave, who seemed used to this silly behavior, told his wife to get out of the hall.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
Women's Health,
16 Feb. 2023
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Now, many crows in the same neck of the woods show hostile behavior to humans.
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Zayna Syed,
Popular Science,
15 June 2023
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Zafesova says that what drew the ire of Solovyov was the behavior of students in the city.
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Amy Kellogg,
Fox News,
20 May 2022
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In other words, behavior is what changed for the most part.
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Gideon Kimbrell,
Forbes,
6 June 2022
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Should mom rock the boat about sons-in-law’s behavior at cabin?
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Sep. 2023
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What type of message does this send to the people who think this behavior is ok?
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Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
2 June 2023
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Last week, one of the staff members told me that his behavior is worse than the other kids in his group.
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Amy Dickinson,
Detroit Free Press,
20 June 2024
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If behavior at school is a problem, the kids pay for it on the field — push-ups, sprints, extra laps.
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Petula Dvorak,
Washington Post,
17 Nov. 2022
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The host described Smith’s behavior at the Oscars as the actor standing up for the wrong thing at the wrong time.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 Dec. 2022
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Your wife’s main concern is to shift the blame for her behavior onto you.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
8 Aug. 2023
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The data contains IDs to map the behavior to a profile.
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José Adorno,
BGR,
7 Nov. 2022
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The book is full of stories about the predictable costs of fame and about the bad behavior that keeps on happening.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
28 Oct. 2022
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On the morning of the shooting, the parents were summoned to the school over their son’s troubling behavior.
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Tresa Baldas,
Detroit Free Press,
18 Nov. 2022
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And that led to a lot of aggression and bad behavior at the beginning of the album.
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Raven Brunner,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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And just maybe, their behavior isn't so alien after all.
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Kaely Monahan,
The Arizona Republic,
17 Aug. 2023
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This led the researchers to believe the behavior is learned rather than innate.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN,
19 May 2022
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Since his guilty plea, questions have emerged over what the BBC knew and when about Edwards’ behavior.
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Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Aug. 2024
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What if they’re kicked out of a shelter because of their behavior?
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USA TODAY,
22 Apr. 2024
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The Duke of Sussex was in childhood known for his own cheeky behavior when in public.
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Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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No one that worked with him or witnessed his behavior is surprised by any of this.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
3 May 2024
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Everyone is going to be a bit stressed out near the 21st, though; don’t take their off-putting behavior to heart.
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Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
16 May 2023
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As for longer-simmering, perhaps more structural market behaviors that should raise eyebrows?
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Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
12 July 2025
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Some smoldering and creeping fire behavior can be expected with backing and flanking into Wooley Creek tributary drainages.
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Ca Wildfire Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 July 2025
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