do-goodism

Definitions

Examples

• When they thought about Lewis, what struck the players most was that he never acted like a do-gooder.

• First on the to-do list, the profiling exercises to help the Western masses understand the nature of the wretched beast.

• If someone wants to dismiss this as do-goodism, fine, but it has real world effects.

• Think of it as the Jersey Shore exception, where you can act like a brutish goon and the first bust is essentially a do-over.

• She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.

• The ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.

• With time this land had mounted to great values and the holders had been made well-to-do thereby.

• His parents were of the well-to-do farming class, occupied from one year's end to the other with the work of the fields.

• “But it certainly was a great to-do,” murmured Jessie, as she tried to see what the boys were doing.

• Widder Morse wants to ape these well-to-do folks that live tother end o Whiffle Street.