Below you will find example sentences with "good enough". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Good Enough in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: enough
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 27
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24 words

Words in this phrase

good enough

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • good can mean: Of a person or an animal: Very common word
  • enough can mean: Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 2 questions, 2 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

brave enough good enough or lucky 1× cannot live good enough give enough 1× einstein is good enough for us 1× enough is good enough when it 1× first was good enough for hof 1× i was good enough 1× i was good enough but they 1× idea that good enough is good 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a final is 1× asked whether fifth 1× i think certainly 1× i thought i 1× i wrote somewhere 1× if a movie 1×

Common sentence endings:

enough for us 3× city of chicago 1× enough for carter 1× enough for me 1× enough for momma 1× enough to continue 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

think 4× people 4× sure 3× kids 2× sports 2× school 2× serving 2× take 2× certainly 2× memories 2× lifetime 2× best 2×

Related phrases

good luck good morning good guys good governance good thing good guy pretty good lucky enough good news good idea

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around enough:

smart enough 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

good causes good behaviour gone viral gone forever golf tournament golf tour

Just after it in the phrase index:

good fit good friday good governance good guy good guys good honest

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

good luck good morning good guys good governance good thing good guy

Same ending:

lucky enough fast enough smart enough weren enough loud enough powerful enough

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "good enough" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 24 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as brave enough good enough or lucky, cannot live good enough give enough, think, people and sure stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with good luck, good morning, good guys and smart enough, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with good enough

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

If it’s good enough for baby, it’s good enough for momma! (13 words)

If it’s good enough for him, it should be good enough for us. (14 words)

If it is good enough for Silicon Valley bros, it is good enough for me. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Sure, it's expensive, sure, you've got to take time off of work, sure, your kids might be jealous, but if it's good enough to create memories of a lifetime for some of the best riders in the world, it's good enough to make memories of a lifetime for you. (53 words)

I wrote “Somewhere Beyond the Sea” as a celebration for trans people, for the queer community, for anybody who has ever felt like they’re not good enough, or has been told they’re not good enough. (37 words)

Many kids’ only opportunity at sports glory came at the elementary school level — not good enough for organized minor sports; not big enough for high school football; not co-ordinated enough to upgrade skills. (34 words)

Question examples

It’s good enough for them; why is it not good enough for the rest of the people here in the city of Chicago? (24 words)

If a movie was considered good enough to be nominated for Best Picture, how are none of the pieces that helped put it together considered good enough too? (28 words)

Exclamation examples

If it’s good enough for baby, it’s good enough for momma! (13 words)

If it’s good enough for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, it’s good enough for us! (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

We cannot live good enough, give enough, go to church enough, read the Bible enough, stop doing bad things or anything else enough to be saved.

A final is there for the taking for the team brave enough, good enough or lucky enough to go for it.

Many kids’ only opportunity at sports glory came at the elementary school level — not good enough for organized minor sports; not big enough for high school football; not co-ordinated enough to upgrade skills.

If it is good enough for Silicon Valley bros, it is good enough for me.

If serving first was good enough for HOF’er Roger Staubach,it should be good enough for Carter.

If the output of ChatGPT isn’t good enough for GPT-4, we might take that as an indicator that it’s not good enough for us, either.

Asked whether fifth place was good enough at this stage of the campaign, replied: “No, not good enough, and I think everybody in the entire organisation knows that.

If it’s good enough for him, it should be good enough for us.

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I thought I was good enough but they didn’t think I was good enough.

It’s good enough for them; why is it not good enough for the rest of the people here in the city of Chicago?

I wrote “Somewhere Beyond the Sea” as a celebration for trans people, for the queer community, for anybody who has ever felt like they’re not good enough, or has been told they’re not good enough.

While the performance is hardly scintillating, there’s enough punch to get up to speed in good enough time while the ride quality is, for the most part, good.

If it’s good enough for baby, it’s good enough for momma!

If it was good enough for Little Richard, it was certainly good enough for Lenny Kravitz.

I think certainly it may not feel like it's good enough for a lot of people, but it's good enough to continue.

Suppose we might think that what was good enough for Einstein is good enough for us.

Sure, it's expensive, sure, you've got to take time off of work, sure, your kids might be jealous, but if it's good enough to create memories of a lifetime for some of the best riders in the world, it's good enough to make memories of a lifetime for you.

And we'll never be satisfied with the idea that good enough is good enough when it comes to serving the people of North Adams.

If a movie was considered good enough to be nominated for Best Picture, how are none of the pieces that helped put it together considered good enough too?

If it’s good enough for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, it’s good enough for us!

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