sitting pretty

Example Sentences

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The victory over the three-time Champions League winners, who are sitting pretty atop Serie A, continued Bodo's surprise tour de force in the competition.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

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

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

I was sitting pretty as each name was called, knowing mine would not be among them.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool