How to Use pretty well in a Sentence

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  • But the two seemed to get along pretty well outside the pods.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Still, the pair seems to hit it off pretty well...at least as friends.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Just the whole season, the team has played pretty well.
    — Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Iti’s safe to say that the judges did pretty well on the guesses here.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Apr. 2025
  • There were some balls tonight that were hit pretty well that didn’t leave the yard.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • There’s one or two that, even in a pop show, these two songs seem to work pretty well.
    — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But, as Oscar winks in the wings, that's paid off pretty well so far.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But that worked out pretty well during the 2024 Olympics.
    — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But again, my own view is that the format served us pretty well.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • It's dated, for sure, but a lot of it still holds up pretty well.
    — Rory Appleton, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • The Vikings have lost three of four, even though their defense has played pretty well.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • This week starts pretty well, getting back on track with this kind of win.
    — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In the grand scheme of Duchenne, Connor is fairing pretty well.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • So, yeah, the Padres and their fans are doing pretty well for themselves.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2025
  • Went through kind of his normal prep stuff that went pretty well.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
  • John and Quiet do pretty well at the start, as does Dollface.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
  • So far for the most part he’s avoided the age curve pretty well relative to some of his peers.
    — Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • If the Tigers haul off and win the whole thing this year, Cody Stavenhagen will have a book pretty well ready to go already.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • This lasts pretty well throughout the day, even with my hot flashes.
    — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2025
  • While the Ravens have a good defense, the Bills ran the ball pretty well against them, which should help their balanced approach.
    — Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Jalen Hurts has a lot of his arsenal still and the defense is pretty well stocked too.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • The show has already been on linear TV in Spain and was doing pretty well.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Well, the Space Force has been genuinely pretty well blessed.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • That said, markets have fared pretty well over the past year.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The numbers explain the picture pretty well.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Regardless, in the end, the Hedda and Thea show works pretty well.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Tough and disappointing sum it up pretty well at the moment.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And yeah, it's been working out pretty well.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The top 25% of households are doing pretty well.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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