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'behave' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'behave' with 20 example sentences.


behave verb

: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

: behave in a certain manner

: behave well or properly


  • You're behaving like a spoiled brat.
  • That girl behaved like a spoiled child towards her mother.
  • If you don't behave, Santa won't come.
  • My mother told me I have to behave myself.
  • Light behaves either as a wave, or as a beam of particles.
  • I'll tell your father how you behaved!
  • Some prominent tennis players behave like spoiled brats.
  • Please behave like an English gentleman.
  • I apologize for how I behaved yesterday.
  • Your children are remarkably well-behaved.
  • I want you to behave.
  • People don't always behave rationally.
  • Why are you behaving like that?
  • I can't forgive him for behaving like that.
  • Sometimes adults behave like children.
  • He behaved like a child.
  • Can you put up with the way he behaves?
  • Jane always behaved like she was very rich.
  • Other people's expectations affect how we behave.
  • Today my horse is not behaving like he usually does.
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