How to Use good faith in a Sentence

good faith

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  • You have no right to question my good faith.
  • The lie, though told in a house of worship, was a small one and made in good faith, La Rosa said.
    — Kate Bennett, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The union said Sysco had failed to bargain in good faith on a new contract.
    — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Farnsworth’s spokesman, Chris Bond, said that Farnsworth acted in good faith and would fight the charges.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The bank does not owe you a duty of good faith to protect the box’s contents.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 25 June 2023
  • Democrats in this process of not acting in good faith clearly.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Anonymous sources tell The Post that the deal is moving forward in good faith.
    — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Do the good faith work of handing things over to people who will pick up your work.
    — Jennifer Mizgata, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Trustees are obliged to deal with one another in good faith, too.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 Feb. 2022
  • And once again, the Republicans are abusing the good faith of the voters of Ohio.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • This doesn’t fit the tenor of good faith or relationships.
    — Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2023
  • As a show of good faith, the boss writes out an advance check: two hundred and fifty dollars.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • This is not what someone who is acting in good faith does.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2021
  • While the recommendation may be made in good faith, the coach could be blind to their bias.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • That doesn’t feel like a very good faith effort to work together.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
  • As a show of good faith, Sherman agreed to void the 2025 team option on the manager’s contract.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • And there was no question Terrones acted in good faith.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But not all the critics of campus reforms were acting in good faith.
    — Alexandra Brodsky, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The filing says the settlement is contingent on the court’s finding it was made in good faith.
    — NBC News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The few who do not make that transformation are all the more touching for the quirks that make their good faith costly.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • At one point, the con artists said that Nettleman could give them a $5 payment within 24 hours to show good faith.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Instead of bargaining in good faith — MLB locked us out.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • That’s a project that would require everyone’s best efforts and good faith.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The complaint said the League and the Chargers failed to negotiate in good faith with home cities before moving teams.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Right now, the best negotiators of the Senate have been working in good faith on that issue for months.
    — TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • So toss out the either-or and treat him as a good-faith actor in his job plan — one who might need the nudge of outside support to act on that good faith.
    — Washington Post, 20 June 2021
  • But then the Administration will have to act in good faith at every turn.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The question is about whether the doctor’s intentions [are a factor], whether there can be good faith defense.
    — al, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Take their attitude as a sign of good faith in their positive intentions.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The regulation also allows an exemption to the rules for facilities that can prove they are located in an area with a shortage of health-care workers and have made a good faith effort to hire more nurses and aides.
    — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024

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