Sentence examples for mean behave from inspiring English sources

Does it mean "be happy" or does it mean "behave"?

"If Nicolas Sarkozy keeps him, it would mean behaving more like a clan leader than a president".

And by together, I mean behaving as a team player.

Here the evolutionarily stable strategy means "behave with frequency benefit/cost as a hawk and with frequency 1 - benefit/cost as a dove".

This means behaving differently and doing more than collaborating with others in the same industry sector.

It means behaving responsibly in the market and with Mother Nature so we can have growth that lasts.

The noblest ambition of the press is to hold power to account on behalf of the powerless, which means behaving in a way that sustains the trust of a wide audience while sometimes upsetting those in authority.

"He said that being a teenager, by definition, means behaving badly, having sex, flirting with drink and drugs," Mr. Elsley said, and all teenage dramas either pretend such things don't happen or make sure that if they do, "people die as a consequence".

One of my favorite quotes is from a literary critic named Will Cuppy, who said, "Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential".

I realized I'd have to pull out all the stops for the finale, even if that meant behaving in ways that Dr. Frankel and the companies behind these products wouldn't approve of.

"That means behaving themselves in pubs and hotels, not brawling and feuding on streets and in schoolyards, working for a living and paying their taxes, and educating their children.