pretty
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Example Sentences
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We have this almost innate sense of: Well, if they indict someone, that person probably did something pretty bad.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
“I’m taking a pretty big leap of faith offering you the job,” Hughes told his coach.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"We did get rained on pretty heavily and I was walking around in a massive daisy costume," Peters says.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“The fund is going to plaintiffs who were victims of lawfare or weaponization. … Those are pretty ambiguous terms. They’re sort of in the eye of the beholder,” Nixon said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Evelyn is a pretty name, and her Cherokee cousins in Oklahoma are my neighbors.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
