Sentence examples for doing well at something from inspiring English sources
If a parent says, 'I love the way your room is so clean right now,' it has this feeling like 'you're controlling me.' " In addition to anecdotal experience, a smattering of studies suggest that children praised for doing well at something were less interested in pursuing it, or did less well at subsequent tasks.
I just don't see how you can hate on someone for doing well at something that they enjoy.
Based on everything I know about my fellow members of the human race, most physically and emotionally healthy people really like the feeling that comes from doing well at something.
"I'll just try to talk to the players and if they need an arm around them because they've done well at something then I'll do that but if they don't do their job they'll be getting an earful from me - that's the way I've always played my football.
If you do well at something, it's because of some combination of skill and luck.
You may even go even further and think of all the times throughout your life that you have tried to do well at something, and you never received any encouragement from family, friends or classmates.
Whether it's getting a cranky baby to sleep, cleaning a dirty window until it sparkles, or helping a child sound out a difficult word in their reader, it's immensely satisfying to do well at something.
Gifts doing well at Christmas?
By investing in companies that you expect to do well at producing something worthwhile, you can make money for yourself and at the same time help to encourage others to direct resources toward beneficial activities (and away from harmful ones) and to produce good products and services at lower costs.
I am envious of players who have won the European Cup and having done well at international level, it is something I would like to experience.
"When something does well at the box office, people assume that there's going to be a second one, so when you don't, it doesn't make sense to them," Wiig told The Daily Beast.
