pretty well

Example Sentences

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She texted a colleague, who replied: “This house of cards is pretty well crashed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Fortunately it did go pretty well throughout the night as Gillis brought up each comic that used their different styles to score plenty of laughs throughout the night.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

For a show that’s over 50 years old, “Saturday Night Live” has aged pretty well.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Under one scenario, the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened relatively quickly "and we get back into a market that's pretty well supplied," Wirth said.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

I was pretty well through with the subject.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway