PRETTY in a Sentence
Learn PRETTY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
320 example sentences for PRETTY, such as:
1. I'm pretty sure he'll say yes.
2. Things were pretty tough at first.
3. I found his argument pretty convincing.
4. My knowledge of French is pretty basic.
5. We dangled pretty lights around the hall.
2. Things were pretty tough at first.
3. I found his argument pretty convincing.
4. My knowledge of French is pretty basic.
5. We dangled pretty lights around the hall.
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Meanings and Examples of PRETTY
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pretty
ad. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
a. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Business is pretty slack, to begin with, and then I'm fixing up a little house for Ned and Ruth when they're married.
2 "I wanted to make the supper-table pretty," she said.
3 "You were as pretty as a picture in that pink hat," he said.
4 As valet, he kept Gerald's bedroom in order, and, as butler, he served the meals with dignity and style, but otherwise he pretty well let matters follow their own course.
5 He only thought that she was pretty and a great credit to him and that, today, her eyes were as green as the hills of Ireland.
6 The two Calvert boys, Raiford and Cade, were there with their dashing blonde sister, Cathleen, teasing the dark-faced Joe Fontaine and Sally Munroe, his pretty bride-to-be.
7 What made matters worse was that under his smile a little sparkle had come into Melanie's eyes, so that even Scarlett had to admit that she looked almost pretty.
8 You think it's riding a pretty horse and having the girls throw flowers at you and coming home a hero.
9 And they'd all be sorry when I came back here to visit in a fine carriage and with lots of pretty clothes and a house of my own.
10 Scarlett stood on the lower step of the train, a pale pretty figure in her black mourning dress, her crepe veil fluttering almost to her heels.
11 The walls were banked with pine branches that gave out a spicy smell, making the corners of the room into pretty bowers where the chaperons and old ladies would sit.
12 Sally, the little Munroe chit, looked very pretty.
13 When her tableau was over, she could not help seeking Rhett's eyes to see if he had appreciated the pretty picture she made.
14 But she knew she looked pretty even before she saw confirmation in his eyes.
15 Just at this moment, nothing mattered to her except that she looked utterly charming in the first pretty hat she had put on her head in two years.
Example Sentence: (110 in 8 pages)
1 Thinking what my life would be like if you had not been born today years ago,I realize the situation would not be pretty.
2 I found his argument pretty convincing.
3 We dangled pretty lights around the hall.
4 My knowledge of French is pretty basic.
5 Things were pretty tough at first.
6 You need to be pretty tough to succeed in the property world.
7 The south side of town is pretty run down.
8 I've seen the video - it's pretty far-out.
9 Jerry's pretty self-conscious about his weight.
10 Franklin was free to do pretty much whatever he pleased.
11 Money will buy a pretty dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
12 The smiles of a pretty woman are the tears of the purse.
13 I'm pretty sure he'll say yes.
14 As you know, I run the magazine on a pretty tight budget.
15 No one will care about you too much unless you're pretty or dying.