Pretty example sentences

Related (13): attractive, beautiful, lovely, handsome, fairly, quite, rather, moderately, somewhat, pleasing, charming, elegant, comely

"Pretty" Example Sentences

  1. She looked pretty in that blue dress at the wedding.
  2. The sunset was pretty enough to stop traffic on the highway.
  3. I'm pretty sure I left my keys on the kitchen counter this morning.
  4. That's a pretty big assumption to make without any real evidence.
  5. He's been pretty quiet since the argument yesterday.
  6. The garden looks pretty when the roses bloom in spring.
  7. You did pretty well on that test, honestly.
  8. I'm not feeling pretty great today, if I'm being honest.
  9. That restaurant is pretty expensive for what you get.
  10. She wore a pretty necklace her grandmother gave her.
  11. The weather has been pretty awful all week.
  12. He said something pretty rude at dinner last night.
  13. I think you're being pretty unfair about the whole situation.
  14. The house isn't pretty, but it's home.
  15. That's a pretty clever way to solve the problem.
  16. I'm pretty tired of hearing the same excuses over and over.
  17. The painting looked pretty good once we hung it on the wall.
  18. She's always been pretty independent, even as a kid.
  19. That comment was pretty hurtful, and you know it.
  20. The music at the concert was pretty loud.
  21. I'm pretty confident we can finish this by Friday.
  22. He gave her a pretty serious look across the table.
  23. The view from the balcony is pretty spectacular at night.
  24. That's a pretty standard response from management.
  25. I was pretty shocked when she told me the news.
  26. The coffee tastes pretty good this morning.
  27. You're being pretty defensive about something so simple.
  28. The old church is still pretty beautiful despite the damage.
  29. I'm pretty sure that's not how it happened.
  30. That dress is pretty, but it doesn't fit right.
  31. He's in pretty good shape for his age.
  32. The situation is pretty complicated, to be honest.
  33. She gave me a pretty clear warning about what would happen.
  34. I think that's a pretty reasonable request.
  35. The kids made the decorations look pretty nice.
  36. That was a pretty close call with the car accident.
  37. I'm pretty much done with this conversation.
  38. The flowers in the vase are still pretty fresh.
  39. He's been pretty successful since moving to the city.
  40. That's pretty much what I expected from him.

Common Phrases

  1. pretty much
  2. pretty sure
  3. pretty good
  4. pretty well
  5. pretty big
  6. pretty clear
  7. pretty close
  8. pretty expensive
  9. pretty quiet
  10. pretty standard
  11. sitting pretty
  12. pretty as a picture
  13. pretty penny

Examples by Level

A1
  1. The flower is pretty.
  2. She has a pretty dress.
  3. That bird is very pretty.
A2
  1. The sunset was pretty, so we stopped to take photos.
  2. He said my handwriting was pretty, which made me smile.
  3. The garden looked pretty after the rain.
B1
  1. It's a pretty standard excuse, honestly — I've heard it a hundred times before.
  2. The town is pretty charming if you ignore the traffic, but most people don't.
  3. She's always been pretty good at hiding how she really feels.
B2
  1. The situation is pretty complicated when you consider what happened last year.
  2. He managed to turn a pretty ordinary moment into something genuinely memorable.
  3. It's pretty clear now that we should have listened to her from the start.
C1
  1. What struck me most was how the author rendered the mundane as pretty — not beautiful, but quietly, almost reluctantly appealing.
  2. The argument itself was pretty irrelevant; what mattered was the rift it exposed.
  3. She'd constructed a life that was, on the surface, pretty flawless — which made the cracks all the more devastating.
C2
  1. There's something almost cruel about how pretty the world can look right before everything falls apart.
  2. He'd always been pretty adept at saying the right thing while meaning something entirely different.
  3. The irony was pretty exquisite: the very thing she'd fought hardest to protect became the thing that destroyed her.

Examples by Scenario

🏠 Everyday Life
  1. My daughter picked a pretty wildflower from the park and insisted on bringing it home.
  2. The neighbor's garden is looking pretty nice this year — I think she finally hired someone.
  3. I found a pretty old coin in my jacket pocket and have no idea how it got there.
💼 Workplace
  1. The new office design is pretty minimalist, which means nowhere to hide when you're having a bad day.
  2. My manager said the presentation went pretty well, which from her usually means it was acceptable.
  3. The team lunch was pretty awkward after what happened in the meeting.
📊 Business
  1. The market research shows that customers find the packaging pretty important — more than we initially thought.
  2. Our competitor's strategy is pretty aggressive, but we've seen this before.
  3. The Q3 numbers are pretty encouraging, though we'll need to watch the supply chain closely.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
  1. I found a pretty decent coffee maker on sale, but I'm still not sure if I need it.
  2. These shoes are pretty expensive for what they are, but the reviews are solid.
  3. The store had a pretty good selection, though half of it was out of stock.
✈️ Travel
  1. The hotel was pretty basic, but the location made up for it completely.
  2. Traveling through the countryside was pretty magical — nothing like the cities.
  3. The flight attendant said the delay would be pretty short, but we ended up sitting for three hours.
📚 Education
  1. The teacher explained the concept in a pretty clever way using everyday examples.
  2. My son's essay came back with feedback that it was pretty good but needed more evidence.
  3. The school's new curriculum is pretty ambitious, and parents have mixed feelings about it.
❤️ Relationships
  1. He said I looked pretty when I was crying, which somehow made everything worse.
  2. We had a pretty serious conversation last night about where this is actually going.
  3. It's pretty clear now that we want different things, and that's okay.
📰 News / Politics
  1. The senator's statement was pretty vague, which critics say was intentional.
  2. Polling data shows the issue is pretty evenly split along generational lines.
  3. The investigation revealed that things were pretty corrupt at every level of the organization.
💻 Technology
  1. The new software update is pretty buggy — I'd wait a week before installing it.
  2. The AI-generated images look pretty realistic now, which is both impressive and unsettling.
  3. This app is pretty useful for organizing photos, though the privacy policy is concerning.
📝 Formal Writing
  1. The findings indicate that the correlation between the variables is pretty strong, with a significance level of p < 0.05.
  2. The historical record suggests that the transition was pretty gradual rather than sudden.
  3. The proposed legislation addresses a pretty complex issue that has eluded previous attempts at regulation.

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