sitting pretty

Example Sentences

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If you have an income of $200,000 and, for the sake of simplicity, let’s say you have $1 million in your tech-heavy mutual fund, and your home is paid off, you are sitting pretty.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

That means investors should be sitting pretty, too.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Of course he would stay in Los Angeles, where son Bronny sits on the bench and his home sits on a hill and his myriad businesses are sitting pretty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2025

R1, a chatbot from the startup DeepSeek, is sitting pretty at the top of the Apple and Google app stores, as of this writing.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2025

Just drink a vial of Burt’s Bottoms Up and you’ll be sitting pretty in no time.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool