How to Use pretty well in a Sentence

pretty well

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  • Got to know those guys pretty well.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Kenya does pretty well, with a cute verse.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Seemed to have worked pretty well.
    Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • That one worked out pretty well, though!
    Jim Reineking, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Padres did that pretty well.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Lund tends to be pretty well-liked around the sport for his pro-style game.
    Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There were some balls tonight that were hit pretty well that didn’t leave the yard.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Sanders seems to be taking the news pretty well.
    Jon Conahan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the two seemed to get along pretty well outside the pods.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Went through kind of his normal prep stuff that went pretty well.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
  • That said, markets have fared pretty well over the past year.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But again, my own view is that the format served us pretty well.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • And yeah, it's been working out pretty well.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Iti’s safe to say that the judges did pretty well on the guesses here.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Apr. 2025
  • It's dated, for sure, but a lot of it still holds up pretty well.
    Rory Appleton, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • This week starts pretty well, getting back on track with this kind of win.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Purdy summed it up pretty well.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Flagg can play defense pretty well for a teenage rookie.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That said, all of those others also work pretty well.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Audio chat also worked pretty well in my tests.
    Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This lasts pretty well throughout the day, even with my hot flashes.
    Deanna Pai, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But, as Oscar winks in the wings, that's paid off pretty well so far.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The Vikings have lost three of four, even though their defense has played pretty well.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • He's been good while in pinstripes and seems to fit the team and the clubhouse pretty well.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Their idea is not to do a lot of things pretty well; their idea is to do one or two things perfectly.
    Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2024
  • Other Temu products worked pretty well, at least for a while.
    Vicky Nguyen, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
  • For a college dropout, Clark has done pretty well for herself.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 17 June 2024
  • Caleb, the doc from psych, also seems to know Robby pretty well.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
  • So, yeah, the Padres and their fans are doing pretty well for themselves.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
  • You guys have pretty well done that on your own with a 50 percent divorce rate.
    Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025

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