Unsurprisingly, they looked just about as pretty as my arm did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I’m pretty sure every single time he stops himself from crying, his nightmare factory just goes and creates another doozy for when he falls asleep. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They’re so pretty. And there they were, minding their own business, until I came along.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve never met him, but I have a pretty good feeling that this guy must be my father. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There’s no interview or anything, getting in is based pretty much only on your artwork. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Ross Wilcox's building up a sort of gang at school and he's made it pretty clear he's got it in for me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Could the pretty princeling have swallowed the bait? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess candy is pretty important to you,” I say. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I still think it would be a good style. She's so pretty—she kind of looks the way I did when I was your age. We have that all-American girl look.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I do think you’re pretty. Take a break and meet me later,” I told her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And I always replied that I thought he’d be pretty unhappy if I didn’t. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s no mistaking the dark, curly hair, the strong jaw, the good looks that make pretty girls call up my aunt Mimí and ask if they can come over and look at her orchids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I mean he did things pretty much his own way. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The old days was pretty good,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mobile units are pretty close together, but a wide-open space stands between the last trailer and the garden. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You see? So pretty. Very, very pretty. Take her instead.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I looked around, and it hit me that if you replaced the electric heaters with a coal stove, this squat on the Lower East Side looked pretty much like the house on Little Hobart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pretty guide thought he was part of the class; the teacher thought that he was planted in the audience to pep up the discussion; the class knew that he was an imposter. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure Hercules had fought this thing once, but I couldn’t remember how he’d beaten it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure taking measures did not mean baking extra brownies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He has already had one or two little wives, but Louisa Biron is his favourite, a pretty little girl of five years of age. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course this is a bald-faced lie, and I’m pretty sure we both know it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And he’s pretty big, even bigger than John, and the two of them hate each other. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

This might have been intended as a serious point, but the rest of us thought it pretty funny. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That pretty much took the joy out of prancing around in thunderstorms. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was really moving, and everything was on rhythm, which is usually pretty tough for me unless I got on boxing gloves, and even then it ain't so easy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“We look pretty fab if I do say so myself.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When she came strutting across the yard in her white sundress and bare feet, I don’t think I’d ever seen her look so pretty. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Features not so sharp, pretty, but very much like my mother. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We better find a town pretty soon,” Dallas said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maya stumbled after her, following Claire past the gymnasium and the theater that everyone referred to as Little Theater, even though it was the only one on campus and pretty sizable. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The pretty blond wireless operator was perched on the edge of a hard chair at the other side of the room, politely looking away from this shattered and grief-stricken enemy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Last time, I had to spread the resin pretty thin; I'd used most of it for the faceplate patch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regis had two guys who could handle the ball pretty good and we had three guys, me, Trip, and Nick, who could go get it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was outside Junior's trial, and me and T was kinda sparring over T being pretty sure Junior didn't do the murder he went down for. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Because I'm pretty sure Blue will be at the game. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Since the bear doesn’t mind being filmed and indeed seems indifferent to his audience, pretty generally some fool will come up to it and try to stroke it or feed it a cupcake or something. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she makes a pretty definite move away into the crowd. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This is probably going to say some pretty upsetting things. Do you want me to read it first and tell you what it says?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even Clover and Haystack found that they could manage pretty well and boasted that they would bear the warren’s first litters in burrows that they had dug for themselves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day when the Doctorita and I go together to buy milk, Dona Mercedes gushes, “Oh, this little Virginia is so cute! So pretty. So smart. And she’s so fast. Always running!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and JP got in a pretty bad fight this morning. I think I’m going to get in big trouble. I busted his face. And to top it off, I’m pretty sick.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Good. I’m sick of running. Sick of losing my hair too, and being short-sighted. I’ve done my bit, and you look pretty fast.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What Maier found is that most people figured out those three solutions pretty easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They also look as though they pretty much all come from the same eastern European background, and it’s true that these young Soviet citizens weren’t a diverse group by modern standards. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t expect to hear any barking, since Ziggy’s pretty quiet, but maybe I’ll hear the jingling of his collar, or the squeak of a toy in his mouth. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is the first time it occurs to me that a couple of lifelong churchgoers might feel pretty weird that their grandson is having a bar mitzvah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was pretty drunk, but he told us his story. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s one of those pretty girls you try so hard to hate. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If you take her to a pretty good movie, she knows it's a pretty good movie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was love; every time he had a fit, he was comforted and held by the children’s new, pretty governess. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the moonlight. Makes all the girls look pretty.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

All three of us got our dresses from the same rack at Kohl’s, so were dressed pretty much the same. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

‘Give me your pretty colored chalk. I promise a big crowd.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’m pretty roundabout. The whole thing comes up because I’m tired of just sitting around. I want to get something to take up my time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like she was walking on glass, and the three days of his absence felt pretty great. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As one policeman put it, Packingtown was a “pretty tough hole.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They figured it would be a pretty easy thing for me to do since I had just started boxing training with Malloy, and all that stuff. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, he set his mouth in a straight line and snagged a stack of magazines I was pretty sure Mom hadn’t read yet. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Actually, we were hoping for something pretty recent,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Our day at Hailsham always began with an assembly, which was usually pretty brief—a few announcements, maybe a poem read out by a student. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To me, one looks pretty much interchangeable with the next. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t pretty, but they were so tightly packed together it didn’t look like anyone could actually fall and choke. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The French girls didn’t look like they’d been through a war; they wore pretty, ruffled skirts, white ankle socks, and silk scarves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Docia’s pretty white collar was fastened in front with a large round cameo pin, which had a lady’s head on it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure someone must have seen the tag line Frankie had added under the home of the trojans sign. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“This is a pretty thing, Belinda!” said Mr. Pocket, returning with a countenance expressive of grief and despair. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

So I’ve been working hard and improving at a pretty good rate. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It was my—” Cal interrupted, “We will let you have it to take home. It’s a pretty big one.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I did pretty well, but it never interested me much. Remember Marcus? He got such high marks in math! He’s in engineering studies now.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It felt pretty nice to know that my last four months of being a practice-pad maniac had made a noticeable difference. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that was a very pretty name for someone with such thin lips. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hephaestus’s kids weren’t pretty, and there were only four of them, but they were big and burly from working in the metal shop all day. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I do look pretty bad, hooked back up to the ventilator and a dozen other tubes, the dressing from my latest surgery seeping blood. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good point, Constance. In fact I’m pretty sure they were going to say ‘Good luck.’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was young, and not yet beaten down by the brutal atmosphere and the frustration of trying to help people in pretty hopeless situations. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Yossarian found it pretty tough to understand him then, and he wondered once again if Orr wasn’t talking to him with the tip of his tongue in one of his apple cheeks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Taking them down, I could see they had faded a little, and looked rather old, but they were still pretty. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their make-out session in the grass at school had been pretty great, but it didn’t solve anything. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I like her hair, all pretty and almost white. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They enjoy it. Let them spend a little money on a show now and then. A hill farmer works pretty hard and gets mighty little for it.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like Elliott’s family is having a pretty boring argument over pizza. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The girl was pretty, the bright-eyed, ebullient type I always go for. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought that was a pretty smart answer; it was like one of Sam’s telling points. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jace said it pretty loud and it made me feel like I swallowed a piece of coal—while it was burning. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We all pretty sure nothing’s gone be said about it right at first. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Except for Wesley and me, we all pretty much did our old poems. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy. You barely know what’s happening when you’re under. It’s only when you resurface that you even know what you said. I went under when I was a kid. It’s pretty commonplace in Candor.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Terry was like a shadow, a distinguished-looking man who wore three-piece suits every day of the week and pretty much never said a word. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And a pretty little cottage was put up next door for Sophie. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty regular,” I told her, picturing Stockton instead. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Until that day, Most sincerely, Stephen Hawking I stayed up pretty late designing jewelry that night. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is why I only take my shirt off around people who don’t read—like Cade Hernandez and pretty much everybody associated with the Burnt Mill Creek High School Pioneers baseball team. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They’d be pretty big hypocrites if they didn’t let me smoke.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This is a pretty stupid decision, because they just follow right behind me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The colt was, said the trainer, “a pretty nice hoss, the kind that might take some time to get going, but would take a lot of beating when he did.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baachan had already cut a lot of carrots in three different ways, to make them look pretty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looks tired but pretty in a way that doesn’t call too much attention to itself, in a way that doesn’t say, “Hey, hey, look at me!” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Plain! You? Not at all. You are much too pretty, as well as too good, to be grilled alive in Calcutta.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Later, I met a white guy who seemed interested in me—until he said: “Sandra, you’re so pretty for a black girl.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A situation is ironic when the result is the opposite—or pretty much so—of what was intended. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy—I’m pretty sure he’s Rock—switches off his clippers, narrows his eyes, and stares at me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She’d been pretty teary this whole week while they were moving stuff into the new house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t know much about the Mediterranean, but she was pretty sure it wasn’t supposed to freeze in July. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Trub looks pretty miserable, so I try to think of something that will make him feel better. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He tapped his thumbs against his revolvers and said, “When the bullets start flying, you may find I’m nice to have around. Those pretty pictures aren’t going to keep you alive.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My mom and I have become pretty good at fixing most of it ourselves so we don't have to bother Ms. Raz too often. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The pretty black mermaids formed a dancing ring around one of the dragons, who appeared to be showing off a sultry two-step. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And he was pretty sure Mike had snagged his “yellow flower.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was El Jefe’s probing eyes, sometimes it was the Virgin’s pretty face I couldn’t stand to look at. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty good goal to have, it seemed to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a pretty big barn, 200 to 250 feet from end to end, maybe, and about half full of baskets of crested pine. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There were some pretty stormy times,” recalled one of the men years after the meeting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he was glad to have new threads, since his old ones were pretty smelly and burned up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her mother hadn’t said how pretty Bebe was—big eyes, high cheekbones, thick black hair swept up into a ponytail—or how young. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hair is still disarranged, although I tried to improve it with a few pretty pins. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Capitol building is real big, pretty on the outside but I never been in it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Hope seemed pretty useless to me right now. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She even looked pretty pretending to be a zombie. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Listen, kid. I don’t know if you know this, but your mom is pretty scary.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My heart’s been on my sleeve all day, and it’s pretty bruised up now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be okay,” Adina said, even though she was pretty sure that this was the textbook definition of so not okay. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

No angles angels showed up in the sky, and nobody sang any pretty carols. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was pretty worn out anyway, trying to be tough and arrogant like Dad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That unless they were pretty tall and standing right outside my window on their tiptoes, I was invisible. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Probably the circus was pretty stupid taking a booking there, but that wasn’t the point. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It definitely seemed to be a pretty cool funeral from what I could tell. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I will have something pretty soon,” he said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Munch my way through those fries pretty quickly, too. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, he had really bad aches, especially in his legs, and he was tired a lot of the time, and the chemotherapy drugs were making him feel pretty rotten physically. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This must be very traumatizing for you. It’s not every day one finds out his father is actually a pretty nice guy.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I wish I knew. Chiron and the satyrs, they know, but they won’t tell me. Something is wrong in Olympus, something pretty major. Last time I was there, everything seemed so normal.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was pretty sure she sneered as she asked the question. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I work pretty hard for a sufficient living, and therefore—yes, I do well.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You lying. You don’t have no pretty dresses.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I say, feeling pretty bad, especially when I take a peek at Angel’s face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The lady’s husband was pretty upset when he heard ’bout it. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In another reality, Leo might’ve enjoyed a walk on the beach with a pretty girl, but the farther they went, the edgier he felt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t looked at it for a long time and thought it might be pretty long by now. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy for a pretty lady with her chin in the air to look flustered, but Miss Love did. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

With her mouth closed she was a rather pretty girl. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you like him? You’re pretty young, but I don’t think that makes any difference.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her stomach was paunchy, but her legs, as always, were thin and pretty. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And unless it was your jacket that was balled up in Byron’s fist with a crowd of kids bunching up, you’d have to say he was pretty funny too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that would've normally been the case, but this was a pretty big deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know who he is,” Hermione said, passing Harry several curly black hairs, “but he’s gone home with a dreadful nosebleed! Here, he’s pretty tall, you’ll need bigger robes....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She liked privacy, and she was pretty much done, anyway. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As far as he knew, which seemed pretty far, he was the only person still alive who had fought in both of the world wars. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not crazy. You need a willing subject. Someone who agrees before they become pretty that they want to be cured, experimental or not. It’s the only way.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I thought she looked pretty, but we never finished it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

One of them played the piano--strictly lousy--and the other one sang, and most of the songs were either pretty dirty or in French. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Argus rolled his eyes in disgust, which looked pretty psychedelic since it made his whole body swirl. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The girl was pretty, with her long dark hair and strappy red dress and all her body parts. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, we ended up with six designs, which was pretty impressive, if you ask me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Yeah, as I recall, it was a pretty Stokum kind of day. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s more than pretty. It’s one of a kind,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be a pretty sloppy game, considering that the Tangerine Times had picked both the Lake Windsor Seagulls and the Cypress Bay Cardinals as “Teams to Watch” in its preseason poll. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather had grown scratched and wrinkled, but they were very comfortable and still pretty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hardly a pretty, but she didn’t feel like an ugly, either. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Looks pretty dark,” my siblings would chirp from behind her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward—and therefore pretty useful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“No, this is pretty much the way I pictured it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sanctuary chef was pretty amazing, so in my two months here I’d made sure not to miss a single meal. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I find you pretty or anything.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Her pretty mouth had a sulky droop, and the long fringe of lashes barely hid the envy and rebellion in her blue eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There are exceptions to this rule, but I stuck by it pretty hard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s where we spent the day. And to be honest, it was pretty cool.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Seems pretty quiet around here. Nobody on the road leading in, and nobody on the highway either.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These kids are cute, and the necklaces are pretty.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The others tried as best they could, but it wasn't pretty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was pretty difficult to concentrate on the customers, even harder to chat up the visitors who came by to say hi. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

By God, it was pretty hard—nearly thirty years ago now! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

And I figured I should probably be pretty proud of myself too, because Betsy and I had studied really hard, and I knew that was why I did so well—the studying. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Our mom and dad were pretty strict compared to our friends’ parents. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear that? He called you ‘pretty.’” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You are so pretty with a mother of pearl cover and a little latch like a prayerbook. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, she looked angry, but he was pretty sure that was because she was nervous. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, things pretty much suck right about now. The sun disappeared and the sky’s gone gray, they didn’t send us the weekly supplies—looks like things are going to end one way or another.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s left me some pretty big shoes to fill,” I tell him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Popper would play a pretty, descriptive piece called “By the Brook.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I must have felt pretty weird by that time because I could think of nothing except the luminosity of his pink suit under the moon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, nothing happens in life unless you try. And we’re pretty smart kids, you know.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The question seemed to answer itself, and I’m pretty proud of that prayer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled again, a pretty little butterfly burst of sunshine. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pretty much planning to never be seen by anyone ever again, which didn’t seem like a good plan to Genie, but that was how Ernie was talking. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“What did he say? He said some pretty horrible things to me, too.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Like I said, the dog smelled pretty bad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What a pretty room this would be without it.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Glenn was wound up pretty tightly, Siobhan thought—he was pounding the ball when he only needed to gently return it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like the train we took in the middle of the night, this one is also pretty empty, maybe a dozen people. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I thought how Quincy made the table look pretty. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Girls with their heads bent toward their phones, which wouldn’t last long at Fullbrook—they were pretty strict about no phone usage, when they could enforce it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father’s not pretty, David,” she answered softly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And her drinking, always pretty steady, had definitely increased in the last month of her life. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty unobservant and it only took me about a minute.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But his mind was pretty well made up. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was being pretty stubborn about wanting to go home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never comes out quite as custardy when my dad makes it, but it’s pretty freaking good anyway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Cluck Bucket’s everything was pretty good, all the way down to the sweet tea. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But as soon as our dorm leader leaves again, Elsie says, “I can’t wait to get my badge tomorrow. My overall potential rose really high on the Badge Tester, so I feel pretty good.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like a pretty boring picture to me,” I told him. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The project became known, all but inevitably, as the Mohole and it was pretty well disastrous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure I wasn’t talking to you, Rosa.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure he still fantasized about us getting crazy together over some highlight reel or something equally lame. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, shank. They’re all over the place, like freaking labels for the nice pretty Maze they built. I quit bothering to look at ’em a long time ago.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Neither did I,” Dad says, which makes me feel bad, because Dad’s life has been pretty bleak, and through no fault of his own. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, his mother told Ifemelu, “Your lashes are pretty,” abrupt, unexpected words, and then sipped her Bellini, as though she had not heard Ifemelu's surprised “Thank you.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And after a while, I was pretty sure it was past when we should’ve been out the door. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. He tied up to Carl’s boat and left a line on it. That seems to me pretty clear.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Coach Swieteck said something I think the class wasn’t supposed to hear and Mr. Canton left pretty quickly. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Still, it was a pretty stellar time for me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The monkey’s feet began to bleed, and pretty soon it had tracked blood all over the room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn for the car door, and when I look back over my shoulder, he’s already making his way back to the house and his pretty friend inside. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Books—pretty good, except Joseph got a copy of Walden, which looked about as boring as wool socks. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I think I understand them pretty well,” said Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as we rounded the corner of the hallway and got to Mr. Tushman’s office, we all got pretty serious. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He made walls by nailing boards along the railings, but it leaked pretty badly out there, too, so he still slept under the inflatable raff. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was fourteen years old, pretty near a grown man. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some girl was pretty curious about where you were, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she could see now was pretty Peris, those eyes, that smile. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s incredibly cute, and pretty obvious that he really likes her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The paper is pretty thin and I can’t see any marks. But it’s impossible to say for sure.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

By then I was pretty hungry, but after half a sandwich, I didn’t feel like eating anymore. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their black lipstick and pale makeup was pretty cool, Seven could admit. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It must have looked pretty daft from his side, and if he hadn’t been such a decent type, I’d have been a laughing stock in no time. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left the Hollows for home school, pretty much everybody called me Spaceman. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Emma’s turn came next, and rather than leave the prettiest pin for her cousin, as her older sister had done, she took it for herself. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin was pretty sure some of them went to his school. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Kruse remembers, “Scott laid into Toli pretty good. He wanted to know why he was so far behind everybody—why he wasn’t climbing with the team.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But it seemed pretty basic, and I had pockets full of money. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

We got back to her house at lunchtime, and her father said, “Wow, you two must have gone pretty far.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was far more pretty than my daughter, who has country feet and a large nose like her father’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You're already very pretty. I'm going to make you the most beautiful little girl in the whole wide world." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Fun and games had pretty much stopped around then. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A pretty one this time, I think. As pretty as your own. Who are you, child?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The library is pretty reliable for that sort of thing,” I said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Underneath is a bra, I’m pretty sure—something made of mesh that wraps around her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Who cares about pretty? I’m going for noticeable.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s pretty much the biggest award they give for poetry. And she continues writing to this day. Isn’t that something?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Falco had only a few square kilometers of surface area, but it had still cost me a pretty penny. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone started laughing because that's pretty much what you do in the barbershop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In response to the horrors of the factory farm, becoming a vegetarian seems pretty reasonable. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Which is pretty basic: I go snoop, she waits. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty obvious it would have to be today, wasn't it?' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“But of course! Those nails have to look nice. You need to have them pretty for when Manuel holds your hand.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was now logged in as a technician, but my access to the intranet was still pretty limited. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pretty Boy was singing away in my room right now, so I was pretty sure he had lived through whatever misfortune had befallen him. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When my mom died...I don’t know, I got scared. Of pretty much everything.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And then she say, “Biddy, won’t you be pretty as a picture?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My concern for him turned into a mix of anger and embarrassment and disappointment and pretty much every bad emotion I could think of. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I have a hard time talking to you, you’re so pretty,” he finally says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, we are all agreeing that what’s happening is pretty cool. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m pretty sure they were laughing at you.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

This would not only be annoying, but pretty much impossible and sometimes dangerous, since Loretta’s pedestrian route is on back trails and down small, narrow highways. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even if Mother hadn’t been such a pretty woman, light-skinned with straight hair, he was lucky to get her, and he knew it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at her pretty face, her perfect makeup, her gorgeous hair. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We were a little late and the pews were mostly filled, so we sat up close to the front, where we could pretty much look right into the manger. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Word spread around the room and pretty soon everybody was laughing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty surprising to me that they weren’t at work because mine was always working. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am pretty squeamish about shots and blood and stuff, but what was I going to do? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy, knowing the plane was going to crash pretty soon, closed his eyes, traveled in time back to 1944. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandparents have lots of health problems, so the food in our house is pretty bland,” Sam tells me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We all of us worked pretty hard,” he said quietly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Along with her pretty shoes, Kit’s spirits sank lower at each step. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was the prettiest place I ever did see. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“They think she’d been drinking. She hit her head and nobody found her till this morning. Except some animals. The body was pretty messed up.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And these boats, they’re pretty sturdy, too,” she said, passing one to each of them. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I'm nervous and make a couple of mistakes, but I also pull off two more "spectacular catches," according to Lakshman, so my teammates are pretty happy with me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to keep moving all over the world in search of food and water and grazing land. That’s pretty cool.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

With all this buzz about burning crosses and the KKK, his Dinoland plans must be pretty much dead. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure she doesn’t want me to answer her question. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Except for winning Dorothy, which still remained my unsolvable puzzle, I figured I could do pretty much anything I wanted to do if only I worked at it hard enough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It pretty much looked like a regular rock to me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As decision makers, he and I were pretty much on the same level. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I’m going to throw up. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’m pretty sure I’m about to watch Nick get Taylor pregnant, right here on the dance floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Grace put on sunglasses as she skulked across the parking lot, then took the back way to the store rather than go past all the pretty fountains with the splash pads for the little kids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I wonder what on earth it cost. A pretty packet, I bet. Did you ask?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony had come with his father, but the children had been told to make themselves scarce, which pretty much was what Stella was usually told when grown-ups started talking grown-up stuff. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I thought, pretty soon I’m going to run out of sleeping space. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We, I, my family and friends, had kind of bleacher seats, and it was pretty exciting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Knew they would. But they were pretty decent about it. Didn’t say anything, just tacked the old bill onto my dad’s.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cows looked over and their eyes got big and their tails swished and they started to hold their heads up and moo, which means they’re pretty upset. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Now it was pretty much the worst one she’d ever had. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The children are always clean, and the little girl, whose name is Jane, wears pretty dresses and patent-leather shoes with straps. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, you must begin at once. You’re so pretty, Ash, you can’t expect to be a maid forever. Whom do you wish to marry?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow art deco building must have been pretty fancy when it opened, but now graffiti covered the outside walls, and the cracked mirrors in the lobby were held together with duct tape. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought the whole thing was pretty sweet, and I guess Hank did too, because he gave me a good deal on the shirts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was there in her dull, metal-gray eyes, a cold, terrible surety unlike anything a normal pretty could ever convey. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Especially since there’s pretty much two of me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When you spend time with Arthur, you’re pretty familiar with no chill. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to do there yet, but I’m pretty confident by now. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And when she turned around, her pretty little butt twitched so nice and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty strong. Is it too strong for you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One girl, prettier than the others, was made to go with four or five different men every night, until finally she hit one with a rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If she’d asked this in a certain way, like the whole idea was completely crazy, then I’m sure I’d have felt pretty devastated. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music is sound that's organized by people on purpose, to dance to, to tell a story, to make other people feel a certain way, or just to sound pretty or be entertaining. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She was shorter than Harry by about a head, and Harry couldn’t help noticing, nervous as he was, that she was extremely pretty. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We got all five pins in pretty easily. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had to tie it pretty loose, because the fake-jagged-cut bottom barely covered my nuts. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe a line or two here and there, but other than that, pretty much not funny. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“So you pretty much have the run of the place, huh?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Park was pretty sure he'd seen this guy around the neighborhood before. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I could smell his coffee, and even though it didn’t smell as good as Mrs. Windermere’s—which she percolated before I came—it still smelled pretty good. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her avatar had a pretty face, but it wasn’t unnaturally perfect. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was not pretty, her facial features created no harmony, but she carried herself as though she was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, moms and God generally get along pretty well.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Ophie had begged him to stay, he’d taken the arm of a pretty white lady and walked away, his hat at a jaunty angle. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s going pretty well. I’ve got one hundred and thirteen signatures. But I think I can get more before I present it to Principal Rivera.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The walls of Sweet 16 are covered with mirrors and mannequins with jutting hipbones, low slung jeans, and tiny T-shirts that say things like, I’m too pretty to do homework. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Pretty speeches! When a man can make pretty speeches, I always wonder how long he’s been practicing! Come on, Nat. Let’s tell mother!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure the library won’t have any books on what to do next. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Maya was pretty sure if the circumstances weren’t so dire, they would have looked like they were doing a comedy routine. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty like this, don’t you think?” she said, and I had to admit, it did look nice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody had pretty much steered clear of her since then. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was almost as pretty as you are now.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They could live pretty much where they wanted—assuming they could afford it, which most of them could not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t a big dog, but she felt pretty heavy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was the one on now—a guy with a lot of rings on his fingers rapping to some pretty girls in bikinis. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I managed a bit of enthusiasm for that line, backed up as it was by my experience with pretty much the entire Stokum population. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They hit it off and went on a few dates, and pretty soon the press was bugging her as well and that was too much. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no fire, and we stopped in a pretty dense area. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, I'm pretty sure what completely did me in was my dad, sitting on that windowsill, apologizing for selling our house and for the mess that we were now in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” I said, “that girls have to be pretty. It’s the boys that have to be pretty in Nature. Look at the cardinal. Look at the peacock. Why is it so different with us?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Yeah, 142 pounds gets pretty stupid when you add twenty-four ounces of beer to it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lola includes all kinds of things: big coffee tins, mass quantities of toothpaste, shoes, clothes, and lipstick in pretty shades for all the aunties there. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The place is pretty dark, and even though there are a few lazy fans spinning overhead, it’s still pretty humid inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth pick up her spoon and say that a princess hold her spoon pretty and dip it in the soup, and a princess would spoon away from her body. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I don't remember exactly how much I had, but I was pretty loaded. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And Luke went about his business, doing pretty much as he pleased. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What is this thing your mom doesn’t want? That’s too pretty?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was pretty convinced I already had learned piano, in fact, through straight-up osmosis—all those hours spent listening to other kids fumbling through their songs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Is that fact pretty well known in the neighborhood in which the drugstore operated? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honestly,” Gus said, “she never really got what it’s all about. The adventure. She seemed pretty depressed, actually.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

What made it pretty was that it sounded like Island. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They are pretty much in the same line of work. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe I wasn’t the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we’d never even been together. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Trace Middle School didn’t have the world’s strictest dress code, but Roy was pretty sure that some sort of footwear was required. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things at Grandma and Grandpop’s were pretty awkward for the next few days. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Great It’s going to be fun. Not new pretty fun—the real kind. Put these on.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It looks pretty good, better than anything I have drawn so far in art. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tillie was filling in the who-what-when-and-where on the invitations when I noticed that she had the prettiest handwriting I had ever seen. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s always been pretty unapologetic when it came to things like who he dates and what he’s into, although those were never anything like this. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I text Emery to see if she wants to meet up for coffee, and she texts back pretty quickly that she'll be there in fifteen minutes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You know how pretty someone can be when she opens up a book? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And a gift for her grandmother: a pretty, empty glass perfume bottle that her mother’s only sister, Jean, had given her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could see her weighing a decision, and I was pretty sure I knew what it was. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She never said much during the practices, but she took lots of notes and she usually scored pretty high on our practice quizzes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My family is pretty solemn on the way home, and it’s like no one wants to be first to break the silence, but then Daddy clears his throat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure that Mrs. Popper would be annoyed at him for spending all that money, but it could not be helped. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had long straight hair on her legs, which everyone said made them even prettier, and small feet encased in plain brown shoes with a low square heel. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Right about now, running out of here and straight home seems like a pretty solid option. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For somebody too nervous to live, Mrs. Wilcox stood the trip pretty well. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad I’m pretty clear on my position already. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The other ropes snap pretty quick from the sudden shift in weight and I cover my head and press myself away as the silage rolls start to tumble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it might,” said Mr. Wonka, cheerful as ever, “but it’s pretty thick glass, all the same.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of evidence that a healthy diet has a pretty even balance of omega-3 and omega-6. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And he was already pretty smart before he got to North Hill. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The establishment was pretty trashed, and there were forty humans out for the count. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

On account of the boys were pretty irate. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I'd been pretty upset about having a stranger hanging around, even if she was doing chores so I wouldn’t have to. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, what a beauty...look at that one now, I say, how pretty...Oh, that one didn't burst...take care, it’s coming our way...what are those men doing over there?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her extended fingers, though trembling, or because they were trembling, looked oddly graceful and pretty. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m casually rearranging the food on my pretty flowered plate, pushing the meat around, wondering if I can slip any into my pockets and throw it out later. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad, who is pretty cool about most things just gave me this look. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, I personally am pretty okay talking to adults—maybe because I travel a lot and I’ve talked to a lot of adults before—but most kids really don’t like talking to grown-ups. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was pretty sure she'd thank him for saving her life. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“So what, you don’t think I’m pretty, then?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he envied the girl all her pretty little dreams. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I like it only because it’s so pretty, but I want to wear it as the girl in the story wore her bracelet, to remind me of something.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty weak move, though, since there weren’t any child locks in the front seat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Donna was tall and pretty and had all the guys from here to the east side wanting to holla at her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The other boys walked him out. Their tourniquet pretty well saved him.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Being seen with either of your parents in public is pretty gay. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The mustard was real pretty, it looked like some kind of magical fog, every time I moved the bottle the mustardy smoke went into a different kind of shape. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even Lady Tan da and her daughters looked pretty in matching gowns of turquoise silk and vair, and Lord Gyles was coughing into a square of scarlet silk trimmed with golden lace. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty strong,” he says, smiling, so I smile back and let him take it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When Danny disappeared into the woods, followed by the dump of eighth-grade runners pretty far behind him, we ran back to the first bend—for the fifth time—and waited for the sight of Danny. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Frankly, I thought all that honking sounded pretty unladylike, but I was too nice to say so. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We agreed on everything, and I’d say it remained that way pretty much through our marriage. He still says to me sometimes, ‘We were the best team ever.’ Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bonobos snoozing above me were pretty well doomed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was little more than drudgery by another name, but it was as close as women could get to real astronomy at Harvard–or indeed pretty much anywhere–in those days. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That wipe the smile off our faces pretty quick. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His lips are moving, and I’m pretty sure he’s mumbling along with me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"I suppose that seeing them like that made me feel pretty bad," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty easy. You just have to put the pieces together. I can do this.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He didn't look so different back then, we were all of us pretty small, right? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m more concerned for your safety. She might be pretty and might impress you with her cleverness, but she’s still an assassin, Dorian.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was pretty much no way I wasn’t going. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Shh. I’ll go down here—I’m pretty sure the old man went this way. You go up there and see if you can spot the old lady.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I see it’s been workin’ pretty good for you so far.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, most of the vets were pretty fast, but nobody was faster than the pretty boy, Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you if you show me how to write really pretty like that.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She taught us that you could wash yourself up pretty clean with just a cup of water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mole and I, I suppose you would have to dig pretty quick to match with us.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I reckon people gone be flying to the moon pretty soon,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Human beings like to laugh, and lucky for me pretty girls are human beings. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was pretty far away from him, about ten meters or so. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I had some seed potatoes left; they looked pretty dried up, but I felt so optimistic and energetic I planted them anyway. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not watching the stairs because Safer is pretty sure he’s the only person who ever uses them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes light up at how pretty the star pin is. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She pushed from room to room, trying to distinguish faces without being distracted by those big pretty eyes, or overwhelmed by the feeling that she didn’t belong. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At least the grass was a pretty green. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My earlier photos are pretty amateur-hour because of bad lighting, but there’s no edit button and that’s probably for the best. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Duh. This looks bubbly. Just because I’m pretty doesn’t mean I’m totally boring.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Thinking how pretty her hands were, despite they were red from scrubbing floors, I watched her fingers move dreamy up and down the keyboard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father’s cause and the Doctor remained neutral. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so bad, but after my father acted like...my father, I had pretty much lost my appetite. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We were pretty good friends in junior high, as much as I had friends back then. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some boys said that her eyes were pretty. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Gregory said maybe he’d even start another 4-H poultry club on a different day, since the other one is pretty full, and there might be kids that can’t go on Wednesday evenings. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s one dagger technique I think I could teach you pretty easily. Let’s see...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure that my makeshift bed has fleas, if the creepy-crawly sensation over my skin is any indication. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Fortunately I know that particular keel pretty well, and remember where it curves.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I heard my grandmother say that he’s keeping his head up but pretty soon he’s going to crash and bum. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myrtle Elizabeth Warren—a pretty name—my name—no need for the moaning. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been happy with his wife, but he’d pretty much gotten used to her. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Those companies that did make MDR drugs could pretty much name their own price. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He was pretty sure he remembered reading some rule against civilians bearing weapons in war zones. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“To tell you the truth, he looked like a pretty tough customer,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nuria wasn’t all that gorgeous or anything, and she could barely speak English, but her long skirt had swayed pretty enticingly when she’d headed my way across the soft sand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was pretty sure I nearly broke both my arms. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandpa handed Papa his gun, saying, “You’re getting to be a pretty good shot with this thing.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A plaything. A pretty. He'll make a cage for it, from twigs.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Except for showing up for meals, though, I pretty much ignore the words on my arm. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“And Oliver,” Mr. Daniels says, “I think you have to cut Shay a break here. It’s pretty common for people to step on ants.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Most agreed that was a pretty high number, but mention of gun control was as popular as a suggestion to change the Ten Commandments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that pretty much made him the smoothest dude I knew. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You know, your game is getting pretty good, and I hope you do make it to the league, then we would all be living nice,” he said with a smile on his face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Take the time to make them small and even. Remember, somebody will wear this, probably over and over until it’s worn through. A lady wants to feel pretty, no matter how much money she has.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And I need your help. I want to do something pretty risky for my project.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of the pretty little nursery the nuns had made for Lyra at Godstow and clenched his fists. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But here come Bootsie, and Teadi and Big ’oman down the street making out they are pretty by the way they walk. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And not just because she had a pretty face or anything. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But as I look at the spaghetti goo I picked up from the food line, her lunch looks pretty good. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Worse, even in the dim light of the gas lanterns, Magdalys was pretty sure she recognized that emaciated trunk and those dingy feathers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He realized he was doing the Morse code for I love you, the way he used to do with his mom, which would have been pretty embarrassing if his friends understood Morse code. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I felt pretty cool to finally have my own bed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I can see how that’s pretty heavy news,” I tell him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Considering how many young Spokanes have died in car wrecks, I’m pretty sure it’s my destiny to die in a wreck, too. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was working pretty well most of the night. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Although the makeup artists had done a darn good job, Curly could still tell that the old lady in the commercial was actually a much younger woman, and that she was pretty. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was pretty sure, too, that she wouldn’t have given me the time of day. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Juliet is dressed so fine in the prettiest long, flowing gown. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Waiting won't make the maid any prettier. Kiss her and be done with it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I felt pretty silly hiding behind a bunch of bongos, but I crouched beside her. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I want this pretty person It was biology, they said at school. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to keep you from cutting up your pretty hands the next time you have to save a girl from a pig.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He has a good chance. He’s really brave, and pretty athletic. The height might not get to him. I would freak out.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s been so long,” she gasps, “since I’ve seen anything pretty.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If the brothers had soft flowy hair and nice cheeks and pretty eyes, people would assume his sister would too, so she’d get a bunch of callers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Mother was pretty shook up. After it... fell apart.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think the tree is pretty? Really, is there anything as pretty as a Christmas tree? I think it is the prettiest, prettiest thing in the world!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure it was in the health textbook—the part about why we should use deodorant.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I smack into a lot of things pretty regularly, actually. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had a pretty nice smile when she looked at you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I thought ’bout how my conscience and Ma’s cookie jar snake were pretty much alike. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the honeymoon suite was pretty quiet that morning, which suited me just fine, being completely bagged and all after spending a good chunk of the night wrestling the wrong girl. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The first is that a pretty reliable figure for the time light takes to travel from the sun to the Earth was available seventeen years after Rømer’s first estimate of eleven minutes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was getting pretty fast on my dead old leg. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because I'm pretty sure he really means it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Candice hoped it was water, but was pretty sure it was something sugary and caffeinated. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d been at my desk, eavesdropping on my old friends’ moronic instant messaging session, but I got to my feet pretty quick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If there are no purples, reds are pretty good. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know where they were going, but they seemed to have a pretty good idea. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure it hadn’t taken me this long to get my quest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Normally, I was thrilled to get pizza—it was pretty much the best dietary indiscretion ever—but I could feel Dad watching me at every bite, flaring his nostrils. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The morning Stan died started out pretty much the same as every other day. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“That wall of blade stone? That was pretty impressive. If Kronos didn’t know who you were before, he does now— a child of the Underworld.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She had little red flannel stockings and little black cloth gaiters for shoes, and her dress was pretty pink and blue calico. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I was making pretty good progress when I noticed Faro standing up and wagging his tail. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What happened after that row over the chess illustrates pretty well the point I’m making. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would’ve been pretty awkward if his loved ones found out that I actually never met the guy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I asked Farmer if he felt deprived of anything in his childhood, he told me no, but admitted, “It was pretty strange.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s a pretty nice fella. Gets pretty mad sometimes, but he’s pretty nice. Tell ya what—know what he done Christmas? Brang a gallon of whisky right in here and says, ‘Drink hearty, boys. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four girls, still dressed in their pretty go-to meeting frocks, watched him with fascinated, admiring eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty far gone, but not so far gone that I thought anyone with half a toehold in reality would think what we were doing was a good idea. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hungry and her lamb chops looked pretty good. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Couple hours, maybe more. Depends on how much slate they got down. Them ol’ boys got a chance if they can get in there pretty quick. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her sisters braided up her pretty hair, and the only ornaments she wore were the lilies of the valley, which ‘her John’ liked best of all the flowers that grew. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa was a pretty little thing too, and by now likely even ripe for bedding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was going to tell Petra that all the kids in Tommy’s new neighborhood had crew cuts, but that was pretty nothing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what the counselor at school said anyway about Grandma’s and Mom’s ghosts, which was pretty astute considering I hardly told her anything. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe now I better take volunteering pretty seriously. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s one of the things you give up, when you become pretty. The family nose,” his mother said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s why they invented the Internet,” Tab said. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"We were walking down the road,” James began, "feeling pretty good.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a hard-faced, pretty litigation lawyer who smoked constantly and wore her blond hair in a China chop. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her favorite story was about Kathleen, a pretty girl of sixteen who was betrothed to the village baker's son, a handsome young man with jet-black hair and smiling brown eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn't the worst thing I've ever tasted, but it's pretty close. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“But there’s no use even asking him. He’s not going to leave Zella. She’s going to have a baby pretty soon.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

So she stood, and pretty soon there was silence in the pan. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s been a pretty hard one,” observed Amy, watching the light shine on her ring with thoughtful eyes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least, she was pretty sure she did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I walked all the way from the entrance of the State Park; pretty good, eh?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspect my imitation was pretty poor, but my friends laughed all the same. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even my prettier older sister never seemed to have boyfriends, when all the other white girls in her clique did. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Crossing the street is pretty instinctive at this point. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even for a young geek, that was a pretty small world. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she was bored of being the prettiest, smartest, and most popular girl in the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

A girl next to me starts getting undressed, and I do a good job of not noticing her pretty panties with lace and her tiny bra with lots of little hearts. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Given that the sentence allows the court a pretty fair amount of discretion, I do not take your words lightly,” Judge Delucchi said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That girl was a lighter, skinnier, prettier version of me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was pretty out, the sun cutting its way around the leaves and dancing up off the water. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And pretty soon everybody was saying it, including Hester and Lester; and, finally, in the kitchen one day, as he licked white icing from her thumb, Mrs. Beale said it: “You that Maniac?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like everything else that doesn’t last, today is gone now, but it was a pretty good day. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You were just a baby,” Hanako said, then added, “They were actually the prettiest skirts in the history of the world!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think I pretty much forgot about saying I was from Idaho. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Since you seem to be able to wrangle this brachy pretty well, could you tell her to, like...hurry?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

So far, I was pretty hazy on the details. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in front of a smallish brick house with a yard that was probably pretty nice in the summer but was pretty bare right now. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But it’s just a painting, and it’s pretty small. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

That day, I thought you were the prettiest person I’d ever seen. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he saw that our “father” was asleep in the backseat, he looked from one pretty girl to another and licked his lips like an iguana. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’m pretty sure now, at that moment, our minds were running along exactly the same lines. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book she had pulled for me on the Quapaw Indians was actually pretty interesting. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess he got pretty rich on that book,” I said after a while. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a while the man said: I think it’s pretty good. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We don’t even have a pretty human subject to study.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

By then she was an obese woman with a very pretty face, and she ruled her whole roost with an iron fist, including Uncle Isaac, her husband. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing there was no shortage of was blackberries, and for lack of anything else we ate handfuls of them, which made your stomach feel pretty bad but they tasted good so we didn’t care. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man from Bat Lady’s house was across the street now, but I was closing the gap pretty quickly. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nothing’s guaranteed, but I’m pretty sure they just wanna get my mom’s mind off all the other stuff. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure even some of the kids in Little Rock and Memphis heard stories about Lily’s own black widow. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t know if that was because of June or herself, but she pretty much avoided June, spending her lunch time in the library. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I kept having those “What’s the point of... ?” moments, but plugged away at life pretty consistently, anyway. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you smile because your mom is pretty great?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Soviet stores had never sold much in the way of pretty underwear, and most Soviet women at the time made their own. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I skimmed the first chapter, and it was pretty much exactly as I remembered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m pretty sure it’s me,” she said, wiping at her eyes again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the room pretty much exploded with laughing. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My preps do pretty well until they try to address the spot on my arm where Johanna dug out the tracker. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Her sleeves and bodice were sewn with freshwater pearls, and on her feet were white doeskin slippers—pretty, but not warm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After all, a brand-new word is a pretty amazing thing. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom always said you were the prettiest girl in the neighborhood,” he says. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I found out that Cletus’s parents were pretty old, nearly as old as Ob, and they didn’t get out much. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I don’t really care about the teaching, but the traveling to other places, meeting new people . . . that part does sound pretty cool. It’s not Paris or Rome, but it’s a start." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“But I assure you, it was not half as pretty as your own.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There will be pretty paper flowers decorating the picture of his mother, a large Bible in the front room. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

So lifting these boxes was probably getting pretty hard for him. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to start seeing a marriage counselor and probably try some family therapy, too. It’s going to be a little weird for a while, but things will feel normal again pretty soon.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Right. This would’ve been a pretty awkward moment otherwise, I guess.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Emma was pretty sure there was a way to set up a secret computer program to test various keys to Mom’s code, but it seemed like it would take too long to figure that out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She and Grandpa only drank skim but pretty soon it was all there—two percent, whole, even chocolate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sahil had told me, in no uncertain terms, that their sibling rivalry was pretty bad. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It probably came out pretty muddled at first, but after a while, as I became more confident she’d hear me out, I calmed down and got a lot clearer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his mother started to smell something, and pretty soon that was that. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I got it right: we were in Junior 4—a while after that incident with Madame, but still three years before our talk by the pond. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sounds pretty confident, and he hasn’t led me wrong yet. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Papa always said New York was the prettiest city in the colonies, and Nate agreed. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to complain, of course, even when you’ve got things pretty good. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“She was probably a classic pretty and they didn’t even know it. Back then, they had weird ideas about beauty. They didn’t know about biology.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But I guess it was pretty sweet of him to do more than text. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I think so. I mean, it’d be pretty cool if he did live. He had all those superpowers right?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The elegant soldier leapt from his peak into the sky and found himself a pretty angel to swing with. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Tell your dad pretty soon he won’t have to worry about dealing with me ever again.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She found out pretty quick that I was a different breed of cat from Father. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he did say that when they were ten days old and pretty well feathered, he could move them to the box in the sycamore tree. Said their parents will feed them for sure.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you be sayin’ your prayers to the Little Flower each night askin’ that you grow up half as pretty as your mother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I didn’t want to think about it. It was pretty bad, most of it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Lee, I’m getting so I can do the hunting song pretty well again.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re in shock,” he says, which pretty much sums up the last year of her life. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But I’ve been coming to the same one pretty much my whole life. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For such a frail old lady, Miss Wren was giving Miss Peregrine a pretty good clobbering. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But since she refuses to stay in the hospital, you need to know. These next few months are going to be... pretty hard.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Having a partner is working out pretty well so far. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A visitor would have to be pretty slow not to get the message: these girls were not to be played with. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We get the room pretty much cleared out, and then there’s the yucky stuff like sweeping the floor and getting rid of the cobwebs. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Captain Robinson will make a pretty penny from the Mars.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the most part, my suit was still in pretty good shape. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Cooke, under a lot of emotional stress, Sparrow tends to check out from whatever situation she’s in. She might physically be in one place, but mentally she’s pretty far away.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Flowers, candles, beads, pretty stones, blown-glass figurines of birds and deer, in fact, anything beautiful, seemed to suit the lovely goddess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure we had the rest of the ingredients I’d need. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jus is pretty sure they all belong to a gang called the Black Jihad run by a crazy older dude named Martel Montgomery. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The combination of mother’s milk and conversation transformed Blanca into a healthy, almost pretty child who bore no resemblance at all to the armadillo she had been at birth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you hit your head pretty hard.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Abroad,” said Miss Havisham; “educating for a lady; far out of reach; prettier than ever; admired by all who see her. Do you feel that you have lost her?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m probably using the word in the wrong context. But I’m pretty sure that’s what this is.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her breasts had pretty much swallowed my arm. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“A little. She looks so pretty in her picture. I bet she would have been different from—” but he stopped talking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s twelve minutes long, and I want to edit it down to ten minutes, but I think it’s pretty good. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We looked tired and sleepy, and even though we’re all pretty good-looking, except Link, we were all pale and our hair was greasy. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re joking, right? If I were spying, I wouldn’t want to be seen, would I? And so pressing up. against the window like this would be a pretty dumb idea, wouldn’t it?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“This is Pip, is it?” returned the young lady, who was very pretty and seemed very proud; “come in, Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She says she doesn’t trust him as far as she could throw him, and believe you me from the look in her eye I think she could throw him pretty far. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

June’s smile returned, along with a blush that pinked up her cheeks, and now Ivy was back to thinking about pretty. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She is smiling, so pretty, but then I see she is not a normal person. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, now, Mr. President,” Gus said, “I’m pretty busy. They raising sand over there in Germany and I got to send ’em a note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She introduced herself as Thrym’s sister, and she reached down and pinched Loki’s pretty cheek between her fingertips, and she prodded Thor with one sharp fingernail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty garbled, and his lips are trembling with effort, but I can understand what he is saying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed pretty remote and we felt secure being so out of the way. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I describe to Ma all the pretty flowers I see on the roadside. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he had thought that was a pretty awesome idea. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She seems pretty happy, but maybe things aren’t so great at home. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

So my one and only sleepover, up until now, was pretty much of a disaster, which is why I’m a little nervous about the nature retreat. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Hercules had been a pretty huge disappointment as a big brother, and the old river god Achelous had said some unflattering things about the sons of Jupiter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My mother is pretty laid back, but compared to my father, she’s a nervous wreck. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From this,” William added, “you will gather that they are pretty jittery and want to keep quiet even the fact that there is such a thing as cryptography going on.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We have a pretty good squad and we can be there at the end if we play together as a team. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I just tell him, “I’m pretty good, you know,” nudging his shoulder with my own. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And there was a lot of pretty women in New Orleans. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” she said gently, “let me see those pretty brown eyes.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pretty, pretty, pretty bird," Jay squawks, making us all chuckle. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It's a sad thing, but there are few men that can’t be softened by a pretty face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Well, for the same reason that a pretty Wisconsin farm girl moves to Hollywood. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Across the street, Nicole was leaning against an ad box that featured seasonal fare from Whole Foods, the prettiest pumpkins you’ve never seen in real life. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She was pretty, with brown eyes and straight black hair that came to a point at her chin. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I take it the tournament will be keeping you pretty busy this weekend and you may not have your paper ready by Monday?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The Gran had a big announcement to make, and if Seven were being honest, she was pretty nervous too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re pretty crumbly, so I guess it’s okay for us.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It just wasn’t the same place, and yet each of us was honest, neither one a liar, both pretty good observers by any standard, and we brought home two cities, two truths. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, pretty soon, I opt to just lie on my bed, looking up at the ceiling and listening to the wheezing sound of my breath ing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” he says, “it’s pretty obvious that you don’t want people to know.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The driver was a middle pretty, radiating confidence and authority. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I managed pretty well. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was one of the prettier, more affluent parts of the South Side, where people kept two cars in the driveway and had abundant beds of flowers blooming along their walkways. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Have you lost all the sense in that pretty head of yours? Fighting is suicide. We need to run.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her teeth are so white and pretty they could light up a room. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was actually a pretty good story, now that she had someone to tell it to. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I acquired this skill from her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Nineteen. Eighteen. Seventeen. Sixteen ...” “It’s a whole new world of pretty. .’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At first I pretended that I’d be going as a journalist more than a climber—that I’d accepted the assignment because the commercialization of Everest was an interesting subject and the money was pretty good. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And he stood in the pretty little cemetery where you can hear the waves drumming always. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even though she had a steady job, we were living pretty much like we had before. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Her hair was more shiny,” he decided, adding, “My father met a pretty woman on a plane, too.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tug done what I said and I was feeling pretty good ’bout myself for saving Petey. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He pulls the sleeve back off my shoulder to reveal that pretty gray brassiere, to loop his finger through the strap, to rest his lips on my collarbone. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That makes me feel pretty rotten, because it’s true. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The dock smells like sardines and it’s pretty deserted—unless you count the birds, which I don’t because it makes me think about Natalie. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This feels pretty good to me,” I confessed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In geology class, the teacher, Mr. Dodge, was talking about the petrified wood forests near George, Washington, on the Columbia River, and how it was pretty amazing that wood could turn into rock. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father was pretty mad,” he said over the shriek of a milling machine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess our lives had gotten pretty sad if Dad’s idea of fun was running errands. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He always knew how I felt, and I’d gotten pretty good at figuring out most of his looks and quirks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Active, small, and indomitable like Úrsula, and almost as pretty and provocative as Remedios the Beauty, she was endowed with a rare instinct for anticipating fashion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the way back to the gym he said, “That was a good fight. I thought it was pretty funny, didn’t you?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pretty blond student joins Richards at the podium, and he puts an arm around her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His solution may not always be pretty—it may involve coercion or exorbitant penalties or the violation of civil liberties—but the original problem, rest assured, will be fixed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I had a few daydreams about punching him out, but I let it go pretty quick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy bought it when I was nine after the former owner, Mr. Wyatt, left Garden Heights to go sit on the beach all day, watching pretty women. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Suheyla made them for me, and I think I remember the flavor pretty well.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure the “you” he was referring to is me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I’d pet ‘em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead—because they was so little. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out there are some pretty steep consequences for gods who don’t care for their people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They carried me off the court and, to tell the truth, it felt pretty good. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only work at the shop on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but I know I’m doing such an awesome job that pretty soon Rock’s gonna want me there every day. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Still, they were both pretty stubborn, so giving in wasn’t in them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And that is pretty much what they did, pausing only to turn out the lights at 11:00 so the Eagle wouldn’t drop by. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

What Rishi was pretty sure was a life-size doll sat in a tree like she was watching the proceedings, her lips, hair, and dress glowing from the black lights strung in the tree branches. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Unless they've derailed, you pretty much know where to find them. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Finn, it looks like you have a talent for finding the pretty ladies.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The school nurse said Park didn't have to go the hospital, but he looked pretty bad. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Carrots and some grated white turnip to make it pretty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad and I got pretty wet just from that short run to the car, and Ginger sat on the back seat, panting and smelling like the great wet dog she was. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can probably figure out that everything else in the gym had gone pretty quiet. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Eva looked at Sula pretty much the same way she had looked at BoyBoy that time when he returned after he’d left her without a dime or a prospect of one. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked up to them, they fell silent; I was pretty sure they hadn’t been speaking English. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To me, the way he’d grabbed and flipped the birds seemed pretty rough. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tally remembered her first ride out to Dr. Cable’s office, the violent agility of the hovercar with its cruel pretty driver. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The park was basically a straight line with a boardwalk and plants to make it pretty. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When I’m pretty sure he must be back in his apartment, I run down to the lobby and outside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then he sold casing pipe during the boom, and that worked out pretty great for a while. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paid close attention to Nancy’s mother, a pretty, dark-skinned woman, sitting up front in all black. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was pretty much the only thing that made me smile these days. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were big solemn brown eyes and right pretty to look at; only when she fixed them on me, it always seemed like they looked clear through me and saw everything I was thinking. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Noodles ever said about him was that he was kind of wild, which is pretty much what everybody always says about their brothers and sisters, so that wasn't a big deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dicey was pretty sure more than a half-hour had passed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents were too smart; I was pretty sure they’d figured out I had some kind of crush on this guy, but I didn’t want them to think I was obsessed with him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She caught me staring and smiled, so wide and so pretty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He says after you make up your mind and take the first step, most of the rest of ’em come pretty easy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But I’m pretty sure it’s just a formality. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The Asian girl’s dark hair was shaved down into a buzz cut, and she was wearing baggy boys’ jeans, but her face was so pretty she might have been a doll. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"You think I can keep that from him? Everyone's heard about the break-in at the hospital by now, and John knows you're hurt. He's pretty angry about it." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My father was pretty frantic, but he’d always been a bit of a tightwad, and I told him again and again I was fine. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My Vanessa, pretty little queen, I love you so. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary looked pretty tired as she limped over to a duster of boulders. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess we scared them off pretty good,” I said to Brian. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell the truth, I feel pretty good. And pretty optimistic. I’ve got an idea a man could make some real money around here the next few years.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked pretty good until he saw me watching him, then he tried to showboat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was one word— wintscha—which sounded like a word that means pretty in our language. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say, that sounds like a pretty good deal. I wouldn’t mind a deal like that myself. I bet you snapped it up.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess my brain pretty much forgot all that,” Tiller said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood is gray and dingy and littered with trash, but all the row homes are occupied and therefore not condemned, so our blocks look pretty healthy compared to most around here. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck Parson was pretty horrible in all those years before he’d been reined in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could tell my father was getting pretty frustrated because every evening he’d come in after being on the water all day and ask me what I did. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As boot camp went on, I actually found that what they expected us to do was pretty simple. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I wanted was this new pretty girl, who was going to be living with us, to hear me getting yelled at through the floor. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They sound to me like pretty heathen birds.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rules are pretty straightforward: an adjective is put down, like maybe “awkward,” and everyone has to throw down a noun that best fits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s got to be a pretty boring life, hasn’t it, being a hat? I suppose it spends all year making up the next one.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But that don’t keep ’em from being pretty.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I did score pretty high on an IQ test.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We had run pretty far beyond our property. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The two Moles settled that part of the business pretty quickly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You look pretty big to me,” says Jacob. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa said it seemed pretty good to them, and when I told the words to Mr. Leroy he didn’t do nothing but grunt, which was saying a whole lot for him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“The Parthians put the captured legionnaires to work, since they were pretty good fighters. Except then Parthia got invaded again from the other direction—” “By the Chinese,” Frank guessed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Just before Christmas that year, we went to the stores in downtown Little Rock, where I saw bright Christmas lights, large plants, nice furniture, and pretty pictures on the walls. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge could be pretty ridiculous, but Jason was glad he’d come along. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve found out pretty much what happened since. My dad died first. Did you know that?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was funny, sassy, and head-turningly pretty, with creamy brown skin, long straight hair, and a perky, pierced nose. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Been getting to know him pretty well this year. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The spacks released their woman-killing germ and that was it for my ma and then the war started and was won and that was it for pretty much the rest of New World. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

An image jumps out, of sailboats gliding along the bay on a pretty day. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve been playing with the camera app and it’s pretty good. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But here now are pretty flowered spring dresses, tweed coats and trousers, crocheted sweaters on fat babies. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There might be prettier or more sophisticated places to live than Caldwell and Middleton, but few that felt more comfortable or were better places to raise a family. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I were you I would try not to anger Count Olaf, or he might wreck that pretty little face of yours.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She stopped smiling pretty fast, though, when she saw the longhaired guys case on her car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ms. McCrea says her goodbyes, and we’re back to the starting lineup. It’s been a pretty slow lunch, and the shot clock is ticking.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was Monday and all, and pretty near Christmas, and all the stores were open. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was feeling pretty stupid sitting there talking to her with my pants below my knees, chatting away with her in my boxers, so I pulled up my pants and started getting dressed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It swings so fast it’s pretty much a blur. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A curvy sort of woman with a pretty face was serving a bunch of rowdy warlocks up at the bar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We were all standing around smiling at one another and acting kind of nervous, when a real screechy voice said, “Gertrude is a pretty bird.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty—everything a foot deep in snow and the sun sparkling off the fields. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always thought she was prettier than me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace had a pretty active imagination, but even she couldn’t imagine all the ways her parents would say no to that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I think we saw a pretty good demonstration of his capabilities.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much to them, but with food in such short supply I figured we could get a pretty good price for them if we could get them to a British commissary somewhere. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down snaked a ladder that was outlined in pretty lights like a Ferris wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Aileen went with her, the stuff she bought actually looked pretty good on her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know exactly what a cripple was, but I was pretty sure, even at that age, that I didn’t like it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Cornflower was a quiet young mouse, but undoubtedly very pretty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“They tell me you’re pretty quiet these days. Is that right?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was pretty, petite, and light on her feet, and if there was a Squadron dance on a Saturday night, she was the one the pilots went for. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I already knew the answer, though. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was obvious this snow wasn’t going to melt for days and we would have to make a move sometime; it might as well be now, when at least it was pretty and calm. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But to take Father’s gun was pretty bad; Father was right here and he seemed a lot more real to me than the British did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the last two lines are pretty clear,” said Methuselah. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"I've got this room reserved four times a week. I live pretty close. A couple hours here is better than being stranded at home all the time." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grapevine he trimmed was looking pretty good until I noticed clear sticky stuff oozing out all over from everywhere he cut. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The first year you wanted to look pretty for me, so you wore a nice dress to the fields. By the time we finished, it looked like the sackcloth the yuccas were in!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty easy to blame the whole thing on the dead kid, isn’t it?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a pretty but brutally skinny girl blinked heavily lined eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She stuck out one pretty boot so that the green leather tip pointed at the ceiling. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Cross Street was paved, lined with small pretty white houses and many colored shutters. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked at the picture of the pretty orange cream cookies on the cover of the package. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I finally figured out what was so bad about having a famous TV star for a best friend. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“This here’s the Box. Once a month, we get a Newbie like you, never fails. Once a week, we get supplies, clothes, some food. Ain’t needin’ a lot—pretty much run ourselves in the Glade.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He usually said all this to the TV, but our house isn’t that big and his voice is pretty loud so you can always hear him. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Then what did you think I was doing in there? I’m pretty sure whatever you were thinking was terrible. But you want me to believe you’re really a nice guy.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She knew golden hair was prettier than brown. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie wasn't positive what the look meant, but she was pretty sure it wasn't a nice one. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Besides, uh, I’m not sure I can close this hatch again. The gears are pretty old.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was very pretty, with soft, full lips and large dark eyes, but when I asked Shawn if he liked her, he said he didn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty trippy, by the way, being on city streets again after you’ve spent so much time walking on the beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Must have looked pretty angry, too, because Digger stepped back and balled up his fists, lifting them up above his waist, like I was getting ready to take a punch at him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had gotten used to it all, and I was pretty sure that they had all gotten used to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I’d seen some pretty conks, but when it’s the first time, on your own head, the transformation, after the lifetime of kinks, is staggering. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ana smiled at her mother, and Ash thought her stepsister might have looked pretty then, lit by the glowing candles, were it not for the greed in her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They said she was nice and pretty and old.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not funny, and if anything, it’s actually pretty lame. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But still—it was a pretty cheesy thing to say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I let Johanna lead because it’s a pretty straight shot up to the tree, and I figure she can’t get us too lost. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure my parents are going to freak out, and I really need to figure out what to do. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She was almost as pretty as the lady in pink that had come through the inn last year. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally August returned with a tray of four jelly glasses, orange slices stuck real pretty on the rims. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ought, but I don’t,” thought Amy, as her eye went from the bright page to May’s discontented face behind the big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty work had once filled. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about to remove the prettiest girl from their party circle. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They started clapping when I looked their way, which was pretty cool. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure Marvll be at me again soon, wanting me to run with him in preparation for the Annual Sledge Game. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That is...I think...I’m pretty sure it was. Nobody was home, and it got stolen!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You look prettier with your hair out of your face.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately Frank had a pretty good idea of what the goddess meant. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My English teacher flips out because the government is demanding we take yet another test to assess our reading skills, because we’re seniors and pretty soon we might have to read or something. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Grammy will never go for pedicures or enjoy shopping for pretty dresses. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she’s pretty adorable. I kind of hate myself for—you know—not talking to her.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom had been an actress when she met Dad, and she was still as pretty as an actress. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still thin and rough looking and crippling pretty badly in one leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. Of course you wouldn’t know. But those are pretty classic symptoms, you know—morning nausea, fatigue.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"You can never be clean enough, pretty enough, or smart enough." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As Amá is brushing her hair in the bathroom, I tell her she looks pretty and ask if I can stay home. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most of the time she knew she was smarter and prettier than anyone else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was pretty far away, but it looked like maybe he wasn’t frowning anymore. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We had lived in some pretty scrappy places back in the desert, but Mom said Welch was the fightingest town she’d ever seen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You’d have to be pretty hungry to eat a caterpillar, with or without hair. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you, it tore everyone up pretty badly. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not staring at the guy near the front, but I know why Fizz thinks so: He’s pretty good-looking; plus he falls into the admirable-forehead category. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

On the Cascadian package there’s a picture of a pretty little farm—the original commune. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess he knows pretty much everything anyway.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was a hard fall, and I hurt my elbow pretty bad on a rock. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Come, my pretty—” But Ellen got no further with her wheedling. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t often see the kitchen by lamplight, and it looks softer, prettier than in the day. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So by the time Tata Ndu gets around to saying something, you can be pretty sure the whole village is talking to you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My promise, Tally, was that you wouldn’t be pretty until you helped us to the very best of your ability. I have every confidence that this is within your ability.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In very pretty, very Laura writing, I saw my name at the top of the page. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I never saw it, but I kept hearing about it happening. It was pretty common back then, I guess. Poor medical care or none at all.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That seems pretty reasonable, like something a not-crazy person might say. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And maybe—just maybe—I want her to think I’m pretty, too, even if it’s just a little bit and even if it’s just in my own way. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which, Magdalys figured, it pretty much was if you hadn’t watched your only home become a charred wreckage and seen someone you cared about swinging from a noose just a day and a half ago. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Lovely,” he said to Sweets, who had purple hair and violet eyes, “but we were hoping to be the pretty ones for once.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"People can be pretty dumb," I say, thinking of the people who have asked my mother why she doesn't dress like an Afghan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s pretty sure he’s cried more over the past twenty-four hours than he has in his whole life. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

To hear her talk, the future was pretty depressing. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked quite young, I guessed about twenty-five or six, and she was very pretty. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Or do they have like a prettier name for them? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The men liked her because she was pretty and friendly and, as Mr. Cratic Flournoy put it, full of ginger and pepper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The only bad part is lots of us smell pretty funky afterward. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But that’s enough to get a pretty good idea of where he’s going. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As Percy was a praetor now, he could go pretty much wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure that accent isn’t New Jersey. Who’s his—? Oh.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, he seemed to be in a pretty good mood. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I never minded talking about my momma so I told the Thug, “Yes, sir, she was pretty old when I was bom.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

That might have worked fine except I racked my balls against the windowsill, which hurt so bad that I groaned, which was a pretty sizable mistake. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A prettier one,” he said, grabbing somebody else. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seriously. He’s written like five letters so far, saying he’s going to break my pretty little neck. I even got one at this hotel.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She still looked like a goblin, but now she looked like a pretty goblin, and Bod didn’t think she would have needed magic to attract Solomon Porritt, not with a smile like that. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And as much as Matthew and Mark had always teased him, he was pretty sure they would take care of him if his parents couldn’t someday. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Warm almonds sounds kind of yuck, but in reality they taste pretty good. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s pretty around here—everything looks like those paintings that are just scenery, with nothing actually happening. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any idea how many trees are cut down each year just so we can hang pretty lights on them?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When the police first called, she’d gotten real mad and said some pretty harsh things about Dad. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It said if you had any sores in your mouth that didn't heal pretty quickly, it was a sign that you probably had cancer. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I was pretty sure it led here. Some powerful monster scent... She must’ve stopped here looking for the mystery monster. But we haven’t found anything yet.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’d be a shame to waste such a pretty dress” is all I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Spies don’t write spy notes on pretty yellow paper. I think he’s sweet on her,” I said. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“These are my friends. We need to get to Olympus pretty fast.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That must have been pretty late, wasn’t it?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She is wearing a skirt, a pretty blouse, and a gold necklace. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was a Swede, and she let Laura and Mary look at the pretty things she had brought from Sweden—laces, and colored embroideries, and china. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded at him, thinking how for a guy I first met in Juvi he turned out to be a pretty solid dude. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But in District 12, where the word tribute is pretty much synonymous with the word corpse, volunteers are all but extinct. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"How'd you get off the unit upstairs? We keep some pretty tight security up there for the kids." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Also I designed a pretty fascinating bracelet, where you put a rubber band around your favorite book of poems for a year, and then you take it off and wear it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It stung, but surprisingly, my recovery time is pretty good, especially for such a lightweight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the deep end of the gym pool at school he had no trouble getting to the bottom and that was, he was pretty sure, about eleven feet. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a man, his clothes and body pretty much completely burned away from the chest down. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t want to mess with those pretty teeth,” he said and ushered them inside. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She still had straw in her hair and looked very pretty and excited. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Before they turn off the lights, Principal Wertz announces that some of the content is pretty graphic, but that it’s important we see the realities of drug use. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was pretty sure she was wired wrong somewhere, that her plugs were switched, because instead of softening toward them— instead of tenderness—she felt herself go cold and mean. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And she looked the way my mother used to look—thin, sharp features, birdlike, pretty. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her face, as young and brown and pretty as any Mack had ever seen, that face looking into his touched him again with its soft boldness and the eyes that searched his so intently. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, not only did that book have fancy swallow-you-up pretty pictures, but it had big, easy-to-read words, except the names, so I could actually read the stories. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I think so. It’s pretty close. Go to the discussion page.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

After the babies arrived, the mothers were pretty weak from all that squatting. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care about Chris’s stinky feet anymore, and our friendship was pretty much sealed, forever. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Feels pretty good, doesn’t it?” said Jerome Paisley. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’m a pretty good player, but I’m not ranked in the international lists or anything. Are you putting me in for the ratings? As some marketing ploy?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure he wasn’t hitting on me because he thought I was a girl,” Joey said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A donor “on a fourth,” even one who’s been pretty unpopular up till then, is treated with special respect. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, I saw Patrick say something, and he looked pretty angry as he turned to walk away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘A real cool costume. A real pretty one made out of all different colors. Like a butterfly. That’s what I want for Christmas. That and a bicycle!’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure he didn’t cross the river, so how did he work it?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Actually, they haven’t returned my emails or calls, so I don’t know for sure. But I’m pretty sure they went with someone else by now. They said they wanted to fill the position quickly.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled us inside with a grip that was pretty strong for an old lady’s. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He looks pretty proud of himself as he shows me the setup. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I know you feel guilty about what happened, and we were pretty terrible to you. I admit that,” Elena says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

For ten cents, a lonely fellow could dance one dance with a pretty woman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The principal’s right that ReelTok is pretty harsh in his videos about the swastikas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The barber had the football game on the TV The calendar showed a vodka bottle and a pretty girl in a white fur bikini. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was pretty much exactly the kind of place my mom would never let me go. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sam laughs just a little until Lee Lee tells her, “It’s okay. You can laugh at me. It’s pretty pathetic, I know.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nathan was wearing the bow guard, but because it was still pretty bright outside, it wasn’t working. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s pretty obvious, right? You’re all upset because you broke your promise to me. You didn’t keep the Smoke a secret.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My big trouble is, I always sort of think whoever I'm necking is a pretty intelligent person. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“For a pretty girl like you? Sure I could.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But in the end, these distinctions are pretty hard to sustain. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thundercloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

"In Latin, of course. I never got even one right. A flower's a flower, right? It's pretty and smells nice, and that's enough." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

With my porch and my pillow, my pretty purple petunias. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could probably dismantle it and bring it in a piece at a time, but there's a pretty compelling reason not to. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Alliance flows pretty fast, so it doesn’t wear safe ice until winter has hung around for a while. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She turned to her two children and told ’em, “Y’all go on in the garden and pick Mama some flowers. Make sure you bring me some them pretty purple and white ones.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, it sounded like you were pretty good at it based on what Matt said.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You move pretty fast,” the other guy said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I probably had a pretty strange look on my face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

So, yeah, kinda sad, I knew he was pretty much right. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“But it’s pretty—little and pretty,” Marly said quickly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, I didn’t really get in trouble, although it was pretty obvious who was copying from whom. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Mom said he’d spent even longer than usual getting ready for his date, so she had to be somebody “pretty special.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked serious and really, really pretty at the same time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dad kept a sharp lookout for surreptitious painting, and was especially suspicious whenever one of the girls looked particularly pretty. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the sand dollar I’d given the East River for a magic cleaning, the water here was pretty polluted. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

By evening I’d just about mastered the last part of “Pirate Medley,” and I was feeling pretty good about that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And with my average brain and average grades I lead a pretty average life. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There are three folded screens leaning against the wall, really pretty ones. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“If we stay here much longer, I am going to punch someone, and it’s not going to be pretty.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence that felt peaceful and heavy and weird and sad—pretty much everything but happy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess you think it’s pretty stupid, me crying over a roach.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at me, at my gray eyebrows and coated hair, and pretty soon we were both giggling. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie uncurled the gripping earphones and microphone and passed her headset to the pretty little blond wireless operator, who adjusted the phones to fit her head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They all belonged to a girl who was short, slight, and, as Shin remembers, exceptionally pretty. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She picked up pretty rocks to give to me, even though she shouldn’t have been carrying heavy things, and usually they were just Manhattan schist, anyway. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

O’Dell’s father thought it was pretty amazing the rockets had flown at all and, after all, no harm had been done. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The terrain here is flat and smooth, so it's pretty much a best-case scenario. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And clearly I wasn’t the only one with these mixed emotions: virtually everybody shot daggers at Polly, before turning eagerly to Miss Lucy—which was, I suppose, pretty unfair on poor Polly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty far for us to have to come to burn her, but there was plenty of dry wood around. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids are expensive, Mom says. And Uncle Greg is pretty broke.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure his mother shaves his facial hair,” said Evan. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Remember when I said I wanted to keep things professional? I’m pretty sure this is an HR violation,” I said, but the fact that I was panting and flushed undermined my authority. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby’s too pretty to get in trouble.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That being pretty in a different way to her is okay. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ivy was pretty sure it was the same polish Gigi painted on the last time they all hung out at Ivy’s house a few weeks ago. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as bad as the tone had been when she’d told her parents that she was pregnant, but she was pretty sure that it would never sound that bad again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It would be pretty hard to conceal his excursion into the woods if he came home looking like a pincushion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Tess’s mom would yell something from the back, like, “Tess, go tell your father I need medicine for athlete’s foot. Chronic athlete’s foot! I’m pretty sure I have it!” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was pretty uneventful, until my dad came home one night in early August, looking upset. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At the end of the alley stood a girl with a mass of golden curls, dressed as pretty as a doll in blue satin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Those rapids look pretty, you know, rapid, Duke.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The pretty little girl was just unlucky, as Shin saw it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wore the white dress you give me in the kindness of your heart Nancy, and it was washed and ironed fresh and pretty. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of his lower body has fared pretty well, just one tracker jacker sting and a few small burns that I treat quickly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was a load pretty much like last week's—a little more, at $23.65. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But now I know it’ll run pretty great as long as it has fuel. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry your pretty little head,” he tells me quietly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got it narrowed down pretty much to either Royal Danish or Rambler Rose.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after his disappearance yesterday, I was pretty sure he couldn’t do this conversation. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Compared to you, I’m a pretty average illusionist,” adds Dylan, “but I’m a really strong technologist.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Genie stalled for time, lifting the jar and taking another sip, trying not to make a face even though he was pretty sure that Grandpop couldn’t see his face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was a fall sport, so they were done, but Ivy was pretty sure he played with a local league in the spring. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought I saw the guy that had broken through. I screamed and dove for the ground. It was pretty embarrassing.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a pretty good tree,” he observed admiringly with proprietary gratitude. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Though the army helmet obscured Milton’s present vision, it gave him a pretty good picture of the future. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My mouth waters at the smell, but I place it carefully on the floor, not trusting anything so clean and pretty. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was born in a house, a pretty ordinary house, right across the river from here, in Bridgeport. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers came from out their Houses to watch us pass; as did their pretty Daughters, & we waved & called that we should be back in the Evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Kennedys’ house shimmered for a few days like a mirage, an oddly distant but pretty vision, framed by jagged points of multicolored light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a book. It had a pretty gold cover, so we took it from him.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t think about this right now. After seeing the house again, salvaging pretty much nothing...We don’t even know what we’re eating for dinner.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That was a pretty good thing to think about. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning against the sofa in the living room, looking up at me bashfully, is a little brown girl, pretty in pink, very much at home. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had a pretty good half nelson on him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, I did that pretty much anywhere I went unless the seats were already assigned. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His mother said that a ghost had entered him, but my mother said the baby looked pretty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, they must be pretty smart if they can speak our language but we can't speak theirs. You're lucky to have him, Rani." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

For some reason it hit me hard right then—as one of the guards took me by the arm and started leading me away—how mad pretty my mom is. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I did this slowly and carefully, because I was pretty sure it contained a detailed description of everything I was about to face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

People are always saying how pretty Kat is so I suppose she is. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The popular, pretty girls would hang out over here, and computer geeks would hang out over there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Because I was pretty sure the Virgin Mary was not back there on the peach farm standing in for me the way she’d stood in for Beatrix. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that makes no sense is that we’re pretty much on the path that Viola and I would’ve taken anyway, following the river, keeping back from the road, and heading east toward Haven. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The tray went on a small marble-topped side table and she knocked the top of the egg off for me with a pretty silver spoon as though I were a baby and needed feeding. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The wedge winked at us, pretty and pink. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because he startled me pretty badly and because I figured he was probably about 43% deaf if he had been sitting there a while, I jumped up and whipped off the headphones. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tiller and Sairy seem pretty happy to see their kids, don’t they?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure why he was so all-fired worried about it—it was already pretty dinged up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This is pretty much my dream job, G.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I think if you repeat the line in English, right here”—Nico pushes his hair out of his face, and I see his eyes are sincere—“it’s pretty much perfect.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I realized that Mama Mwanza had an extraordinarily pretty face, with wide-set eyes, a solemn mouth, and a high, rounded forehead under her kerchief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I had to learn pretty quick,” Paul said, serious again. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was a pretty normal mom, but different at the same time. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It is for anyone who needs Friendship Club and that makes it pretty great, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even the temperature of her voice plunged when she said, “Why don’t you go upstairs and find something real pretty and lacy to wear to the game tonight?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

People like Miss Adebayo herself, who could look a person in the eye and calmly tell her that she was illogically pretty, who could even use that phrase, illogically pretty. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was pretty good at that one, better than Erlan even, because you didn’t have to count or anything, it was all about being fast. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So is being suspicious of someone’s motives just because she’s pretty,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I think it’s because no one wanted to see her cry; her eyes were just too pretty. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Which was pretty weird, because I’d always been a bit afraid of Ms. Fender, really. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the store looking at the pretty rainbow colors of cloth laid out on top of each one of the tables. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out, Audrey said, “For a guy who thinks the world is going to end in a few weeks, that was a pretty amazing thing to do.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A lot of it is pretty boring, especially the songs and the poetry parts. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I do have an idea, and I’m pretty sure Mom knows I have an idea because it’s impossible not to notice who isn’t here tonight, Semaj and Dad. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

How pretty the girl was with her light brown hair and eyes clear blue as a bright February sky after snow. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had cried then, being pretty young, and the big fellows had called him a baby. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then finally she said: 'You know how we always been—we nearly all the time understand each other pretty well without any kind of throbs either way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s a different way of talking. Makes it prettier.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but how often does a guy get a purple cast? I think it’s pretty cool.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m still pretty unsteady so I have to take a cloudy breath or two before I do anything. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I think he was pretty surprised to hear from me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I’m back downstairs, my sack is pretty full. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You gotta chat about something or be bored out of your skin, so we pretty much talked about everything. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And I’m pretty sure it was me who ate five cookie cones at the Ren Faire in sixth grade, and then vomited into a wax mold of my own hand. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

You tell your friends when they look pretty, right? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Yes, a WAC station, I remember now. I was doctor for the lot, before I was sent overseas. My, they were a pretty bunch of girls." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“She dumped him. And anyway, he’s weird, but he’s pretty, I wish he would just stand in the corner of my room so I could look at him.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was our size, with pretty brown eyes and skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty but I’m not trying to be driving for that long. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’d had some pretty bad experiences with defense on capture the flag. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

That would be a pretty trick, even for a queen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A new pretty, every bit as beautiful as Peris. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was a pretty and nice girl-object to him, and he was an ego boost to her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He took it pretty well, considering I was a standout on the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I scrape my knuckles on a rock pretty badly as I’m taking him down, but the pain is a good kind of pain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t. Lem Harvey’s born to trouble. He did pretty well while he was drilling the men; that let him work off part of his meanness. Now—heaven help us!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess you ended up with pretty good seats after all, didn’t you?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to wear the pretty purple dress that didn’t hide her body like all of her other outfits, but Amá chose the bright yellow one with the pink flowers I’ve always hated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s a pretty good sport about running through everything once, and it’s not a total disaster. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“What I’m hearing is that you came home and found your daughter with a boy her age. That’s all you know. Is she a pretty girl?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was having a pretty easy time adjusting at school, which made sense considering he looked like...that. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I just get, I don’t know, threatened and feel pretty worthless every time he starts liking another girl. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Private Nothing,” she said, “you makes a pretty little speech right there.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This nurse’s was a pretty bird, just as neat and incurious as Sister Clara's dog, and the doctor’s was a large heavy moth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She knew how to exude glamour even when buying groceries, and I am ready to be pretty again, myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If this was the afterlife, it was pretty disappointing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“As hard as I could. And I am pretty sure he would have killed me if you didn’t stop him.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Don't call me 'Miss.' I'm Coach Harper. Chantal's pretty much good at every sport. Which one do you play?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had no idea that’s what it was like back then, and I’m pretty sure most kids have no idea that’s what it was like. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Looking at herself in the mirror, she was surprised to find a pretty girl looking back at her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure that underneath all that odd behavior was someone who was frightened. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

My mother had left her job to give birth to another child, her seventh, a pretty, dimpled girl named Linah. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I could keep my head up I had to blow ashore, but I admit the half-Wellington rubber boots I wore got pretty heavy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was, it seemed to him, as pretty a girl as he’d ever seen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever she was about to say, she thought it was pretty funny. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But knowing John, I could pretty much bet that he would go ahead and play “The Final Countdown.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The artist was pretty good, the painting almost like a photograph. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It is true she is very pretty, but a man like myself can acquire any number of beautiful women.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She pleaded so hard, and looked so little and pretty and spunky, that he gave in at last. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to smile at a boy so he would buy two chocolates instead of one, and to smile even prettier when he put the second chocolate into my hand. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he finally got his breath he reviewed what was supposed to happen next again—though by this time I pretty much had it memorized. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your mama always was a pretty little thing,” replied Queen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most folks go to bed pretty early around here.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

You are the only one who tells me how pretty they are. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed too young and too pretty to be a police officer. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

So pretty much my whole life is going back and forth from being super visible to invisible. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She was embarrassed, but at the same time she was shy and delighted and determined to be as pretty as the woman wanted her to be. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The girl’s plate was piled high with pretty flowers. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“She was a case,” and, parenthetically, “You know Faye run Kate’s place. Nobody really knows how Kate come to own it. It was pretty mysterious, and there was some that had their suspicions.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Psycho school better start looking pretty good,” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Deals like those were pretty common within Insomnia Con, and the organizers usually just looked the other way, probably because it was too hard to control. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We made a pretty good team the other day.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The publishers had praised his novel pretty highly and it rather went to his head. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he’d flip out when he saw what I was pretty sure was going to be a rotting hole in his shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the face, Nina. I need him mobile, not pretty. Heal him fast and only enough to get him walking for now. I don’t want him spry enough to vex us.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We put in an IV—stands for ‘intravenous’—it’s pretty standard procedure, to make sure you’re getting enough fluids.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And pretty soon the entire tank of lobsters was crawling across the tile floor of the Meijer supermarket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He's actually a pretty good dude who just made some messed-up decisions. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I felt pretty awkward, but I guess I couldn’t blame her. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He reeked of gasoline and altogether he was pretty weird, but he wasn’t dangerous. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a weird genetic anomaly. I call it the Maya Paradox. I’m a world-class visible blusher despite loads of melanin. I’m pretty much a scientific wonder.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It’s weird, because pretty much everyone looks familiar, but its all soccer people and other miscellaneous jocks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She was still very pretty, with a tiny waist that looked good in the gold belts and shiny sashes she liked to wear. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was pretty beat up. She wouldn’t go far. An old hustler don’t go far.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down, pretty lady!” he called over the music. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So, maybe it’s the winter air or maybe it’s soccer boy calves, but after everything that’s happened today, I’m actually in a pretty decent mood. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I thought about going over to see Lara, but I was pretty tired, so I just went to bed and slept through my hangover. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, to tell you the truth. I think it’s sup-posed to be pretty good. My wife reads a lot.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The educational aspect of school was pretty boring. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tata Bidibidi, with his kind, pretty wife and their precarious boat dispensing milk powder and quinine and love to children along the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

You do not like pretty girls to be on the staff. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when she had finished all about Joseph, she would say “Ain’t no earthly power can make a story end as pretty as Joseph’s; ’twas the Lord.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyes to look into hers, as if he was pretty sure he could get those shoes from her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We used the harpies mostly for cleaning the camp, but they did pretty well in midtown traffic too. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she wants to know if I’m from London, I say cheers and aye up and bangers and mash, in what I think is a pretty convincing accent. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was also crying pretty bad, and he decided if anyone asked him, he would say his eyes were red from smoking pot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Zion seemed to know me pretty well already. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The cut in your arm wasn’t super long, but it was pretty deep,” Scoob replies. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“It worked,” Piper said, feeling pretty sure she was right. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I can't remember who, but I remember them looking pretty good, and her bragging about only paying him thirty bucks or something like that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There were so many aromas, it was difficult to separate them, but I was pretty certain one was fish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten pretty good at keeping his characters consistent, at developing their unique characteristics and his own style. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The place looked pretty good, and the inspectors never came. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Anjelica does a pretty nice job, and my hair is good enough to not need much work. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Marshall said, “There's no moon. It's pretty dark out there.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s very pretty if we turn it on,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

"One in three, based on empirical data. That's pretty bad if you think about it." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or do you want me to carve a pretty pattern on your face like your friend’s here?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dainty, pretty Catherine, who had been a house servant, complained bitterly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look” — Frankie wiped his runny nose on his pajama sleeve — “nice. Kinda pretty.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

This was pretty much the way things went for the rest of the afternoon. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It is a big country, with room enough for the Indians, for black folk to find their own place, and for pretty little white girls with dirty feet!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I do feel kind of pretty. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

NASA's pretty uncomfortable with it, but we don't have any other options. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday we had mashed potatoes, grapes, chicken glass of milk each ice cream each a big sauce dish full awful good too lemon pie cake don’t you think that is pretty good.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My heart hurts to think of my pretty grandma suffering. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each pigtail had a blue satin bow at the end of it and it all looked very pretty. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was still pretty warm inside, it was way more comfortable than being outside. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So from sitting with the prissy pretty girl to sitting with me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As dashed-together escape plans replete with clues go, I thought it was pretty impressive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was all so pretty and smelled so good and the singing birds made such fine music that Mama wouldn’t go on. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was a pretty hot ball game,” I said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure it’d been a guy, and I found myself looking at Rahkim and Malcolm and realized I was looking at the only two other black guys in class. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Many remarked on how small and good-looking she was, calling her “a pretty government scryptanalyst,” “a pretty middle-aged woman,” “a smiling lady in a frilly pink dress.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Last I heard we pretty much hated each other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

People said he looked just like her but he didn't see himself as pretty. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

November 7, 1991 Dear friend, It was one of those days that I didn’t mind going to school because the weather was so pretty. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You so pretty. You body so fine. You so hot, baby.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After Aunt Seah got too old to keep me, I was shuffled from one relative to another—some of them pretty far down on the shirttail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom made sure Penny was dressed in pretty little outfits every day, even though she was just going next door to Mrs. V’s house. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Sounds pretty rough," I said, as I got dressed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But Arion scared him, and Frank was pretty sure the horse knew it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe for right now, Tally. But if we keep making inroads into the city, we might find a pretty who wants out.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I was talking to Tommy on the phone and he said all that pine rubbish was pretty ordinary and wouldn’t last.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Rose’s name really fits her—she’s pretty and delicate and nice to be around. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She was painting her nails and messing them pretty badly when William went in and he knew she was bagged and Dora wouldn’t let a bagged girl work. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is pretty awful if you think about it, ’cause no kid should have to feel alone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We did pretty well, considering the lukewarm temperature of the liquor and the piles of cheap pizza it was following after. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

People say I walk pretty good now, but in those days I could set a real good pace. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I stopped short, about fifteen feet from the hoop, and made a pretty little jump shot. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen her only that one time at the wedding ceremony and thought she was very pretty, even though her eyes were wet with tears. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty quiet, though, because Ernie was playing the piano. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't even know people still carried briefcases, but I figured since he still was, there must've been some pretty important papers in it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And I realised that for Ruth and the others, whatever the boys chose to do was pretty remote from us; whether we approved or not didn’t come into it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty curious to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Exactly what happens isn’t known, but it is felt pretty certain that it is connected with the core spinning and with its being liquid. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Unlike Sophia, her sister is dark-haired, and right away it’s pretty clear that Shorty would like to get cozy with her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You noticed how he smiled at the pretty girls but always managed to say something nice or sweet to the not-so- pretty ones. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I thought you was trying to deny me at first, but now I be pretty glad to see you . . ." "I hope so," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And well they might, I said, for it was amusing that even in Neptune most of them made shift to chase themselves pretty safely up the easier faces. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bring it. My father will figure out something pretty soon. I could never accept your money.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sneaky has a pretty nice high top with a few ziggy lines on the sides. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

My action spoke pretty clearly, so I don’t hide my reason. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The iced tea was almost gone, and it had actually started tasting pretty good. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway, just like any potential new friendship, the relationships born from the Last Friend app can be pretty hit-or-miss. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Behind the ugly glasses she’s pretty, almost like a china doll. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty damp down here, as well, you couldn’t set the trees alight or anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure my mother wouldn’t be happy if I got my little brother arrested for rum-running. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I say, "Sorry. Still, you have to admit, that's a pretty depressing story." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to admire her because she’s so stylish and pretty, with her wild, curly hair and wide green eyes that look forever surprised. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were bunched up pretty good, and I was just praying that we hit the wood line before we got fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to have to give up that spot pretty soon.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll make you a promise too, Tally Youngblood. Until you do help us, to the very best of your ability, you will never be pretty.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And then it was a very steep descent—3,000 feet in three miles—through dense, cool green woods to a back road that led through exquisitely pretty open countryside. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought “too overboard” pretty much summed up the Party Ponies, but Chiron cantered off, leaving Annabeth and me alone. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Yes. Can't say exactly. Everything points to one of the cyanides. No distinctive smell of Prussic Acid, probably Potassium Cyanide. It acts pretty well instantaneously." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“They just needed a little help cracking a code. Turns out, I’m pretty good at that. The easiest questions on your father’s IQ test were the more visual ones. The puzzles.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

John and I look pretty similar, although he's grown a little stockier from long days at the plant. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Off? But it’s one of the most important houses in Jackson. Why, I heard Sherman said the house was too pretty to burn.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I have a pretty silver bracelet with onyx inlay from Evie, and a black silk teddy and matching knickers from Tom, and I can’t stop smiling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because Lara seemed pretty certain she knew what the first tryout would be too.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was raining, and we got pretty wet, walking home with Otis Bottom too, since his house is only a couple of blocks away from James Russell’s. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Genie had taken to apples too and was getting pretty good at seed spitting as well. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Back in the twenties I was a pretty good ballplayer myself, though nothing like Jackie. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gonna go check on Beefy, and then we can go wait by the patio door. I am pretty sure I can hear Mrs. Villalobos snoring downstairs.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re pretty good at this,” I say, sitting close to him so I can see the screen. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I was doing a pretty good job of avoiding any attention until the end of the day. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A girl’s face looked up at him, a pretty, pale girl with dark hair. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of us learn pretty quick how to deal with it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were next to each other like this, the differences were pretty obvious—they looked like total opposites. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was pretty, but Dicey was not cheered by that as they walked out of town on the one main street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burning gods cast a pretty light, wreathed in their robes of shifting flame, red and orange and yellow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Guess I did put that bag up pretty high. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

After all, I told myself, these boys had pretty much ignored me before this morning, so maybe they’d just ignore me again from now on. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of them are pretty tough. They have gangs and stuff. But the kids I’m with are cool.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty stupid idea, I guess. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after I was born, everyone in the county pretty much suspected Momma had birthed me, the height of scandal in a place like Haller County, Kentucky. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She did look kind of pretty too, she had on a lacy white hat and little lacy white socks and her shiny, shiny black shoes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was expecting something shinier, with glass and metal; this seems pretty ordinary. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He drove a pickup truck and kept a sharp authoritative eye on pretty much everything that went on at his spread. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laid out on it was a pretty necklace, gold, with a locket shaped like a heart. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Public shows of resentment pretty much spent themselves over the loyalty oath crises. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looked like you were doing pretty good last night.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Lumpy wagged his tail, and pretty soon I felt up to walking back to the house. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My grandmother was getting pretty worked up herself and now she heaved herself out of her chair and began pacing up and down the room, thumping the carpet with her stick. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh no. No. I got pretty dirty, but not hurt.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“School’s all right, but Grampa’s been feeling pretty lonely, and I kind of wanted to help him get around as long as lean.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A couple of generations of principals, school superintendents, and school boards have pretty much just left him alone. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There were bowls of chicken and rice, spinach and lamb, big crunchy apples, pretty yellow cakes, and big kettles of sweet milky tea. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were pretty much interested in girls that had suddenly sprouted breasts. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The whole thing seems pretty weird to me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, Horace, our part of the county has been pretty much left out. Did you ever think of running for office?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By now I know there isn't going to be any treasure, but still this is pretty cool, recovering stuff that Blade's gang ripped off from some little old lady or whatever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was a rather pretty and a very alert girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss thought about that for a second and said, “Actually, yeah. We’re pretty close.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Oh, my pretty little friend," Michah says, smiling with his mouth but not his eyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But he did say that whatever track they were on, he was pretty sure it wasn’t the right one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In a nice suit, I felt pretty good about myself and headed out past the station toward downtown. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I wasn’t invited anymore. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Moving isn’t tennis” “Would be pretty boring if it weren’t.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you will be. The moment you get your ring and kill that pretty little girlfriend of yours, you’ll know there’s no turning back for you, either.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ms. Malone looked at me then, because even though it was only like the third week of school, she already had me pegged pretty well. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That’s probably pretty dumb, but sometimes it’s good to have something that nobody else knows but you. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And yes, a very pretty girl, as well. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee thought he was pretty much girl bait, and I guess he was, seeing as how he had a date nearly every weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I hear the season started out pretty slow.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We must have used his fuse in one of our canisters. Just cut me a piece off that roll. Better make it good and long. Three hundred feet in the air is pretty high.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The team was pretty good, Grace said, and the coach was strict. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have a pretty good idea,” said the second C.I.D. man, and leaned forward to whisper confidentially. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But how can my promesa have any bite unless I have a pretty suit to tempt me?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure I usually talk to him like my mom does—mostly tired. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In a way,” I tell her, “I feel for him. He’s pretty hurt.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was pretty proud of his new chicks, and lots of kids came by to see them, but I think he only let me hold them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But what seems pretty clear is that they don’t care about me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever meet a sweeter thing in your life? But I’m not pretty at all. I just have my mother’s strong features and I’m good with makeup.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen the chariot before, but it looked like a pretty sweet ride. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There are twenty-eight kids in our homeroom class, and it’s pretty rowdy most of the time. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, “Well, son, what can I say? It’s pretty much permanent, isn’t it.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy was pretty sure she was going to hate this building forever from here on out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jackie looked pretty fatigued, but Big Dub didn’t seem tired at all. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had a quick temper, and a sharp tongue, and though he could’ve put Bunny in his place pretty much any time he chose, he was understandably apprehensive about doing so. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Meals are pretty minimal already, but I think I can eat a three-fourths portion per meal and still be all right. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, pretty much, the coolest kid in our neighborhood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Still...a pretty impressive try. I’ve heard legends that the Romans confiscated the writings of Archimedes, but—” “Archimedes?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re still pretty enough to fetch a good price. Getting hard around the eyes though—too much time spent with that little thug Brekker.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hei body’s dumpling plumpness made warm and cuddly what could have looked nasty and cheap, and she was okay, a lonely and pretty gentle woman underneath. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although everybody, including me, made fun of him, I was pretty certain he was some sort of a genius. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, my wife...I loved her—and I was very proud of her. She was so pretty—and so gay." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

They were almost as big as a normal pretty’s, but they angled upward like a wolfs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But the moonlight and the setting, or maybe just the words he was saying, had somehow turned David into a pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And I guess I could understand that since my mom and dad were pretty much married. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s a pretty great system, from the baby’s point of view. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“The one called Davenport was pretty brusque. The other one—the Italian—was nicer, but he scared me. Didn’t say much, just listened. He’s much more clever than the other one....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hall to the trash room, which pretty much smells like a dirty toilet. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

You need your audience to believe that you are, in the well-known words, “A pretty straight kind of guy.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

By the end of the month, James Madison was writing James Monroe in Paris: “It is pretty certain that the President will not serve beyond his present term.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Smack your lips. Good. Now why are you so pretty, Miss Morgan?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was pretty much the best sprinter on the team. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She said the heifer was very pretty and would Zeus please make her a present of it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few blocks of shaded streets and he was already at its heart—a pretty, quietly regulated downtown. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what? Every year since you were eight, you’ve gotten twice as pretty as you were the year before.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I been down on a couple of vacations into the really deep part. It’s pretty good. There’s a lot of stuff to do.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one is on the comer, which is good, because I probably look pretty strange lying faceup on the sidewalk and inching myself under the mailbox. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I get along pretty well with all my teachers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She always wore pretty, dainty clothes—dresses with fluffy matching pinafores. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The speaker’s natural hair was cut as low as a boy’s and her pretty face, wide-foreheaded and fleshless, reminded Ifemelu of the East Africans who always won long-distance races on television. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure they park their car in the empty lot behind the bank and just sit there enjoying the silence. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tillie was pretty upset because she had not bought extras because she said, "I don't make mistakes." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t see, sir, I kept getting bounced around back here pretty hard and I couldn’t see. Everything’s covered with smoke now and I can’t see.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you can start thinking the Congo is almost pretty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you ask me, you’re still the prettiest in the family,” Hilly says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I pretty much expected him to say this, but I knew it had nothing to do with yarn and was really all about him not having money to buy it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A pretty little house stood at the top of the lane, with a garden before it, exquisitely neat and brilliantly blooming. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Couldn't you just call up your old bosses and tell them what happened? I mean, this is kind of a big breakthrough, right? I bet they’d be pretty excited.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Even in her robe and slippers, Aunt Daisy was the prettiest lady on the whole ship. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty much empty, since he hadn’t gotten any of his books yet. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Usually they left kids like us alone, which was fine because Sciss was pretty scary. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I loved the pile of pretty dresses, each wrapped in a plastic bag like the kind you get from the dry cleaner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m not. I’m not ugly, but I am certainly not pretty.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

You remember how I said that when things start to go pretty good, something usually happens to turn everything bad? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Community college,” I say, because it’s all I can afford without a scholarship, and my SAT scores are pretty mediocre. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there may be pretty good guessing. He will be a completely gross, vulgar farmer, totally inattentive to appearances, and thinking of nothing but profit and loss.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He said, “I understand that you have a couple of pretty special players on your team this year.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so pretty, so elaborately basket-woven among hen and egg, we did not at first understand what we saw. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t keep anyone around who could potentially crush the pretty exterior she wears to hide all the ugliness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They made for a pretty portrait, the proud old woman all in green surrounded by the little girls robed and veiled in white, armored in their innocence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since it’s pretty much understood that if the place isn’t burning down, I get the door if Grammy is watching television, I swing open the door. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m pretty busy with school these days, I don’t mind helping people. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair fell in big, professional curls on her shoulders, and she wore a long cardigan over a cream-colored dress and pretty, flat sandals. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess you raked him over the coals pretty good, eh?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’d dyed her pink streak orange, too, and she looked really pretty. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So I felt pretty good seeing that check on the kitchen counter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even though a rapid pulse equaled excitement, it was pretty clear by Gran’s expression that she was not happy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She wakes up pretty soon after that, and we pack our stuff in silence. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was not very pretty, so there was no need to watch her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know much about hunting, but I’m pretty sure that being cautious or thorough matters a lot more than just rampaging in because you want to catch something. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I did pretty good at musical plates, though. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure that with the exception of the color red, Pattie would be pleased if every other shade in the world disappeared. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure that the abbot just doesn’t like Bartholomew, and is torturing him intentionally. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And anyway, Magdalys was still pretty sure no one would believe her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hence, in a very short time they’d have a pretty complete aerial report on what amounted to about a three-square - mile area. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty quiet, and I even helped out some, like picking up trash and emptying the ashtrays. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Jessica was always pretty careful with the way she spoke around me. Wonder why.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I notice there’s a pretty good smell in the apartment. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure it won’t help me remember anything, but I’m curious about it anyway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to daydream that I had a pretty modern house and a pretty modern dress just like the people on the screen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was pretty smelly in there, and dusty, so I pulled my shirt up over my nose while I worked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even if I get confused about God sometimes, Heaven is a pretty cool idea. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And she was so fresh and pretty that people walking turned and looked after her when she had passed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And why did she have to be so pretty? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But it was a pretty sad story, about one family’s struggle against the oppressive Japanese regime. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“My grandma was white and my grandpa black. My mama has pretty light skin. My daddy was white and Mexican and he had green eyes.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’m in a pretty good position for hearing what they say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The sky was clear, and it did promise to be pretty—if hot. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

No, he had to remember she was an assassin with the blessing of a pretty face and sharp wits. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"And who's finished up the better off? Me, of course. I'm sitting pretty in a nice house with a successful businessman and you're left slaving away teaching a lot of nasty little children the ABC." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, but your parents can be pretty clueless every once in a while.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the time we got back to the car park, the afternoon had clouded over and was growing pretty chilly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have left a pretty nasty gash on Rowan’s head had it connected, but Rowan ducked and the thing hit the door, leaving a substantial dent in the wood instead of in Rowan’s skull. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Every new color and pattern was prettier than the last, and there were so many of them! Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’d give you his last dollar. Nothing scares him. He cuts a path through this world like he’s got a plan, but I’m pretty sure he’s making it up as he goes along.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jason Grace could cause some pretty huge storms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“May I cut in, sir? “You look plain pretty, Scout,” Henry said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

All it does is put me in a mood, and believe me, that ain’t a pretty sight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She looked around after a moment and told me the girl was "common but pretty," and I knew that except for the half hour she'd been alone with Gatsby she wasn't having a good time. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nice monkey... pretty monkey.. .with big eyes and swishy tail. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is tiny and pretty and smells like baby’s skin. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah!” he answered, “people really do that. I’ve had students send me new precepts years after they’ve graduated from this school, actually. It’s pretty amazing.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But Nailer was pretty sure that Sadna would fight for him tooth and nail, and maybe even give up her life to save him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You look pretty,” I said to her as we sailed out through the Narrows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Margaret, whose cheeks were now flushed a pretty shade of pink, threw him a smile and moved back, out of the way. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Look at this baby, just as pretty and sweet as you!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they were both pretty, there wouldn’t be anything to fight about anymore. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the hallway, near a bank of windows, a pretty maid washed the glass squares before falling forward into nothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If after I got to ten I blew the horn and it sounded pretty good I knew I’d be playing along with the Dusky Devastators of the Depression in a week or two. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

By the summer of 1804, history had pretty much passed them by. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“He’s really pretty decent, isn’t he? Bun always said he reminded him of you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She still wore the pretty tortoiseshell comb, and Ophie’s only idea was to find a way to take it out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It looked pretty as hell, and we all started throwing snowballs and horsing around all over the place. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Will there be much more, Your Excellency? Because I’m pretty exhausted, and if I’m going to face my final test tonight, I’ll need to rest up for it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“And we’ll tie the shoestrings into a bracelet, a pretty bracelet, and you can wear it on your arm. Okay? You can add shells to it, or stick flowers in. It’ll be fun.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There’s no music to listen to, no good smells, ever, nothing pretty to look at. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was right afterwards that I got my mom to call up his mom to invite him over, and pretty soon Fang was at my place every day after school. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He has worked part-time as a stock clerk, but he is pinning his hopes on his rap music, which his exasperated mother admits is pretty good. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was along a small road going just east of some pretty high hills. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are pretty little bottle stores on the back roads of this state. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I’m pretty fast and not real tall, so I was able to dodge and weave through the legs of the gamblers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lucas didn’t talk about it very much, but when he did I’m pretty sure I was the only one he talked to. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been texting with this girl named Amelia Cooper, who I met on the Bloodfall forums. She lives in Alabama. Things are going pretty good.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“So what are we going to tell our parents? I’m pretty sure my mom already has the wedding invitations picked out.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Teashop Aunty disappeared into her kitchen again, and emerged with a small package of beads—many fewer and not as pretty as the first set she’d given us, but enough to get you going again. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her T.V. is color and big and all her pretty furniture made out of red fur like the teddy bears they give away in carnivals. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Transmission's manual, so you could probably crank it up, get her going pretty speedy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is pretty,” replied Charlotte, patting the sac with her two front legs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah. I’m pretty sure most of the team is planning on it.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They smelled pretty bad, but just regular old bad. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You handled yourself pretty well out there,” he says finally. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was pretty sour reading, but the Trazon made it easier. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She reminds me of a possum—maybe it’s her teeth—but she’s still pretty somehow. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I was a pretty sorry sight that day.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—I always imagined dating someone would be pretty straightforward, once you established you liked each other, but it’s not. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I tried to find him when I was ten years old, and from what I pieced together, I'm pretty certain that he died in some kind of accident involving a cargo plane. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Looks like it. Actually, if you change one element, it becomes a pretty powerful explosive. Just needs some sort of charge.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet, and it goes pretty fast, even if you have the wrong size screwdriver. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Mom was pretty mad at Grandma over this mystery. I don’t think she’d like me picking up where she left off.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked around quickly; finding another ride home would be pretty impossible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be foolish. You’re just a bit of a girl and have trouble enough with the one you do be having already. And your man is pretty but not the steadiest boy in the world.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty pretty pretty pretty please? Pretty pretty pretty pretty . The guards shrugged at each other. “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They thought it was pretty extraordinary that she had, in the hospital, said just about the same thing as Picasso about art, lies, and the truth. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a slight pain in my liver and I haven’t been the most regular of fellows, I guess, but all in all I must admit that I feel pretty good.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Go to New York if you wish, but I know a gentleman in Wilmington who will pay a pretty price for this.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eva took on administrative duties for our new project, which were pretty challenging given that federal dollars came with all kinds of complex reporting and accounting requirements. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted her to lie about something, I was pretty sure. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I thought it pretty good that Dad and I had actually traded a thought. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hold together pretty well, considering how much my atoms have been through. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Words in general are pretty weird. That someone just decided putting little symbols together in clumps was a way to make stuff have meaning? Super weird.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Switzer, the science guy, entered the gym, he was pretty hard to miss. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The baby wore a pretty frilled bonnet and a clean white dress and bib. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith had been freaked, but Stan and his mom seemed pretty used to the whole deal. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ve made an incision across the top of his head. His skull is exposed. It isn’t pretty.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

You had to be pretty sick for the Genies to hook you up with a Wish. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Said he: “No mules would I deny you, child, nor anything. Go along, now; the grooms will bring your gig with pretty wheels and the cargo box upon it.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Here’s my pretty lady!’ he said, bowing to the hobbits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Smith is located in a pretty New England town with a strong sense of community and security. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So, by late morning, I was pretty hungry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a party of three on horseback--Tom and a man named Sloane and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit who had been there previously. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I had to follow the path to keep out of the wet grass so I didn’t see her until I was pretty near there, standing there in a black cloak, looking at the flowers. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined that her hair smelled as pretty as it looked. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fish can be pretty, if you look at them right. We’re throwing them back in today, so we won’t need to pull out the big guns.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Armpit felt pretty silly carrying Coo to school on Tuesday, and wished he had taken his backpack. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘Pm pretty sure death matches weren’t an Olympic sport.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And how different her face looked when she realized boys thought she was pretty. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It says, 'Am I not a pretty pretty?' Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She’s pretty but doesn’t act like it—snotty, better than everyone else. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then, pretty soon, the guy that played the piano for old Valencia, this very wavyhaired, flitty-looking guy, came in to comb his golden locks. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was an accomplished doctor who would treat patients in exchange for marrying their young and pretty daughters, some as young as thirteen or fourteen years old. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I heard a pretty good story last night. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now usually, being the son of Poseidon and all, I only get wet if I want to, but my powers apparently did not extend to dog saliva, because I got a pretty good bath. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And he had such pretty taste, and had taken care of everything so well. I thought—I’ll rent it furnished, like a vacation rental. Then people can appreciate it.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

What came out was a hodgepodge of factories, primitive huts, and fabulous ranches owned by evil tycoons who had pretty daughters. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, however, there were no pretty girls waiting for me on the other side of the cairn—or anyone, for that matter. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Paul was a pretty cool guy, even if he was my English teacher as well as my stepdad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But Sydelle Pulaski was there, thumping her crutch against the baseboards as she limped through the carpeted halls on the arm of her pretty partner. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your hair is so pretty, Virginia! It’s so long!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure we're getting away until this punk comes out of nowhere, he's one of Blade's gang and he's got this big ugly grin. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I appreciated her for being nice about the whole basketball idea, but the diagram looked pretty ridiculous, to be honest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A pretty people, golden-skinned, light-eyed, they seemed wary, as if somebody not so kind had come down the road ahead of us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, obviously you guys are pretty excited to play. But first you have to learn about the equipment.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Stop putting yourself down. You have a very pretty face. Besides, you have a lot more going for you.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s pretty new, but it’s definitely true. I just found out, so I’m taking it slow. Step one is my bar mitzvah. Dana’s idea.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“MoMo’s already racked up a pretty impressive list of atrocities. What could you possibly nail him for that would be so effective?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a pretty room, a real pretty room, Miss Peace.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They spoiled me pretty good, I guess, but as a little kid, I liked the spoiling, and I loved my grandparents. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

White sharks were pretty rare off the coast of Massachusetts. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our marching band’s halftime show’s pretty awesome, though. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing but surprised looks and pointed fingers, and pretty faces. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her big breasts drooped a lot, and her belly had gotten pretty plump, but her legs were strong and lovely. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure if I was going to, I would have already.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had never seen the California sea, but I imagined it was very pretty. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once they got there, it wasn’t a pretty landing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she said, “I’m pretty sure of myself. Will you kiss me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I knew everything about Constantine—she had one sister and grew up on a share- cropping farm in Corinth, Mississippi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I throw some small sticks on it, wait for them to catch, too, then some larger ones, and pretty soon there’s a real fire burning in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"The first bomb went off in your folks' coffee shop, right? Your mother and father work you pretty hard, don't they?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally looked away, trying to drown her uncanny pretty feelings in the sea of white weeds. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The other day old man Ku’oosh came to the house. He told your grandma what some of the old men are thinking. They think you better get help pretty soon.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A boy and a girl about my age are leaning on the fence, chatting, and I look down on the prettiest, cleanest pigs I’ve ever seen. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Four thousand and ninety-six times as pretty! And now tell me—what’s making that frown between your eyebrows?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

MIKE: Looks like the bites are pretty much gone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It was pretty hot. It was not like the Nuba Mountains. I didn’t feel safe.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She isn’t the outdoorsy type, which is pretty pathetic considering our house is surrounded by fields and woods. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I painted my house in late fall, Chloe and I pretty much couldn’t stand the sight of each other. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure my mom got the mango on sale because she doesn’t usually buy them otherwise. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Then I think, somebody saying that, well, it would hurt pretty bad. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The colors he uses are flatter, more primary than the ones I usually see, but they’re still pretty close. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was probably going to get caught tonight, and never be turned pretty at all. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was in pretty good shape, I realized as I checked the binding, which is when I saw it was published by my publishing house, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wondering if, when I was twenty-two, my smile would be anywhere close to that pretty. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At any rate, I was pretty sure nobody else realized we were dealing with genuine man-eating bloodthirsty monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tower is pretty small, with only a few feet of concrete floor space on all sides of the bell itself, and then this low stone railing, which I’ve climbed over to get here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve hardly seen him all week, since he’s been at practice every afternoon until pretty late. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure it wasn’t her fault, whatever happened. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I had a blue slush in my hand,” she went on, “the big kind you get at the movies. Strappy heels. It was summer. Do you like pretty shoes?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The garden smelled so good and looked so pretty in die afternoon sunlight Edna plucked all the bright flowers she could find, and went into the house with them, she and the little dog. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the weekend was pretty tranquil for a change. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He guessed that that made him a pretty terrible leader. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I think my aptitude test ruled that one out pretty well.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They were pretty near absolute bottom most of the time, and when they really scraped, Mary managed to give some kind of a party. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you crashed out pretty hard in the corner over there.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the world of high school insults, it was actually pretty tame, but Miles’s reaction made it terrible. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It looked pretty dead to me,” he had said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Here’s the thing: I’m ridiculously smart, and I’m pretty sure 1 have a photographic memory. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I think I would have kissed her if I could, but that would have been pretty sloppy, I guess. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I thought I had a fair share of the cheering section, and I was feeling pretty good about it until Richie stepped forward, fists raised. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the only guy I know who cooks like a Pop-Tart in the sun, but he’s pretty cool. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I had pretty much come to the conclusion that Ob had overslept not because he had made a mistake but because deep down he was finished. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was actually pretty good at finding ways to turn the vegetarian ground beef, beets, feta cheese, and apricots into something edible. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because being Asian means I can never be as pretty as the other girls at school—the girls like Mom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was deep disagreement between those who thought class was the governing force in American life and those who deemed it pretty much irrelevant. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had never thought our home very pretty, but that night it looked different. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I had one teacher who was pretty bad, but I think Miss Crofts has her beat.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In financial terms, it was pretty starkly going to be a clash of old money versus no money at all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A girl that big, a girl who comes in with her pretty face all beaten and black can’t be falling off the stairs. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s as old as the hills. You have seen it on dozens of girls, and you never found out that it was pretty till now—stupide!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he Googled “feral pig,” from which he learned that wild pigs were so widely disliked that the state of Tennessee pretty much allowed you to shoot one whenever you came across it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“No, they’re really pretty. It’s just that, yeah, you never wear stuff like that.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“My mom is pretty cool about stuff like that,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I told her that was a pretty snobbish thing to say, if you thought about it at all, and that I hoped it was unworthy of her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We had to respect the rules and treat sex as something pretty special. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked pretty much as April remembered him and his voice was still gravelly and grave, but he seemed younger, somehow, and more lively. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked about a community pulling together in the fifties when times were not simply tough but “pretty darn tough.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time the bell rings, we have a pretty good-looking cast of our dead queen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I went over and picked up one of the shells, a pretty white one, flat with yellow around the edges. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“However, I think we have now pretty conclusive evidence on the point. . . We have observed neutrons from targets other than beryllium in just the amount we expected.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And she was pretty sure that this was true. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our team won the first four games in pretty easy fashion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Looking at the fracture, I see that it's pretty tiny. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Merry was very pretty and she had that amazing right hook.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It’s not gross to say she was pretty, because I’m Scheherazade and not her grandson right now. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I never caught up to everybody else, even with Coach pretty much yelling at me through that stupid megaphone the whole time. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” she said softly, “but I just couldn’t shift my early appointments around at work. Those ladies get pretty fussy about having their hair done on time. Still, I have two presents for you.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was pretty much all Joseph said on the way home. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Six to one—pretty good odds even for the great Gilly Hopkins. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He says you were so pretty and petite.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That was pretty much the best thing Magdalys could imagine happening. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I built that ladder right. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It passed through pretty cleanly without hitting much else before it came out the other side. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, Gabe reminded himself, shaking off the thoughts about Nathaniel’s pretty, dark-haired sister, it wasn’t fair to her, even if he found that she did care about him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t make something happen pretty soon, I really think she might.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His father took his passing pretty hard and cried for weeks. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Up to now, we have looked at the right and wrong uses of the apostrophe, and I have felt on pretty safe ground. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

They must be pretty serious if he invited her to church: church-where-everybody-is-gonna-talk-about-him-bringing-a-girl-to-church. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Magdalys asked, though she was pretty sure she already knew the answer. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty unusual thing to see a party of horsemen in Redding. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It was bronze and heavy, with intricate carvings, and Seven was pretty sure it was at least two hundred years old. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I be mighty delighted,” she said after a moment, seeming to have briefly regretted the impetuosity that had led her to call him a “pretty” man. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Upon closer inspection I decided it was, like a lot of things, not as pretty up close as it seemed from a distance. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I stared at her pretty handwriting, memorizing it and tracing over her signature with my finger. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But it turned out she was pretty good at art after all, because the way she decorated it, it looked almost real. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had all the ingredients of pretty too. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I told you—pretty. Don't look in mirror until I come back. Looking in mirror best part." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Juanita called about an hour ago. She said Brandon was pretty upset when she got home, but he wouldn’t say why.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even the pretty Jade orbs on the top floor seemed less grand the second time through, and Pong was ready to get away from all the light and the noise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know yet. The demons keep me pretty busy.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll never be as pretty as she is, but I can tell by how she’s looking at me, she thinks I am. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It's pretty much all Noodle ever wants to do. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My heart is still pounding pretty badly, but I stop shaking when I reach for the first brick. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m pretty sure...Oh, who knows anymore? I give up.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know the weather prophet has told us we shall see the sun pretty soonr “Well, that ought to be reason enough,” he acquiesced. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pretty girl like you shouldn’t be working backstage.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

If all the pretty toys somehow stopped working, just about everything in New Pretty Town would come tumbling down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She looked sort of familiar, but I was pretty sure we’d never met. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s precious to them; it’s all they have left. Just like that pack of yours. It seems pretty important to you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The misfortune of Harriet’s cold had been pretty well gone through before her arrival. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Looking back on the Reston event, he said to me one day that he was pretty sure Ebola had spread through the air. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure if they don’t take no rowdy dudes, the army had to be pretty cool. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, I’m pretty sure he hoped some of Momma’s love would bounce around to him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But I knew I could never look as pretty as Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Now the origin story flashed into her mind: Her parents in the front yard of a pretty little house at the end of a cul-de-sac, in that tiny Alabama town. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr.Jones’s trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Dad mimes strangling Prophet with his bare hands, then says to me, “How about that haircut? Looking pretty pre-Raphaelite there with all those long, dark locks.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She did pretty much what April had done the day before until she got to the part where she took the slip of paper out of Thoth’s beak and read it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from being heavy, they seem pretty normal. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“So it sounds like a pretty perfect fishing day. No wind. No weather. No surprises, which I know you’ll like.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Seeing Sallie’s pretty things made her long for such, and pity herself because she had not got them. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Saturday. I leave pretty early in the morning, so...” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I scrunched under the desk, I could feel immediately that the air there was kind of heavy and steamy, and that I was going to start sweating pretty quickly—which I did. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They cracked some for Mother, and pretty soon she sent out fresh cookies and milk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Murphy and Paul laughed pretty hard at this. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Well it is pretty scary," I say, "getting an operation to give you a whole new body." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

King, who was still pretty sure nobody loved him, including his mom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That night I spent in a pretty auto court near Livingston. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I can’t stand people who are that pretty. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was pretty in a dryad-y way, with her purple gossamer dress and her elfish face, but her eyes were green-tinted with chlorophyll from crying. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because I’m pretty sure she knows what it’s like to have your back up against the wall—and it’s always good to stick together. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was salt in the bottom of its glass bowl with the kerosene, to keep the kerosene from exploding, and there were bits of red flannel among the salt to make it pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked pretty nervous, but she was keeping & promise to her hither and attending Clarion Academy in New Hampshire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The only bad thing about it was the turkey for dinner, and even that was pretty good. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"We're almost at the park again. I remember seeing that green door pretty soon after we left the zoo." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He hoped the tunnel wasn’t long; you could go crazy, pretty fast in here. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said, “this is pretty new ice.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The public schools in town are pretty diverse, but there have been plenty of times in my life when I’ve been the only Black girl in a situation. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All of those pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty white girls ignored me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naked, bloody, limping, she was only a woman, not so very different from their wives, more like their mothers than their pretty little maiden daughters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I have a pretty solid idea,” Dimple said, trying not to show how ridiculously excited she was about it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless I answered that I had pretty much lost the habit of analyzing myself and that it was hard for me to tell him what he wanted to know. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He figured if someone snuck up to the house and looked in on him, he could pretty well startle whoever it was into a faint. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m only in pre-algebra, but I’m pretty sure the odds of that have got to be crazy high. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I guess I was pretty dumb because I believed what people told me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty nice to get back to my room, after I left old Spencer, because everybody was down at the game, and the heat was on in our room, for a change. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I gazed at Lissa, envying her pretty face and her shiny hair and her right to live in the world as an ordinary girl. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“For someone who wants to be a pretty, you’re always such a sight.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Patty came over to me and told me how she felt like she could pretty much smoke all the girls out there. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Let’s make it look pretty, at least,” she says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“He does not lack for gall, this Frog. Must I remind him? My dear prince, the last contract we signed you used to wipe your pretty pink bottom.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Where the local broadband did get installed was in office buildings, which were already pretty well served by the old companies. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t see anyone, but someone was going to notice all this racket pretty soon. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wait, and after a moment she begins crying—soft, ladylike tears that make her eyes pretty and bright. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The “and ’s” is not easy to say, but it came off pretty well, with about as much spit as “beetles.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Spider: “The prettier the spider, the more poisonous it is.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was pretty sure her boyfriend had just made a big mistake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“If she wasn’t so pretty, I would have bled her out already. She draws too much attention.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I got everything right, but I had my mom look it over, just in case, and she said she was very impressed with my work. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And you dress pretty well,” Bill continued, his heavy black face frowning in concentration. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things had gone pretty well for a few centuries, and he’d built up quite a lucrative aboveground memorabilia business. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And she watched him go into the house and come out a minute later with a pretty girl on his arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! you would rather talk of her person than her mind, would you? Very well; I shall not attempt to deny Emma’s being pretty.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

A pretty woman walked into the room and introduced herself to us. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We exchanged a few more comments on the weather, which was wet, and that was pretty much it for conversation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If they want to kill you and eat you, they can, and pretty much whenever they want. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced across the table at her, and she looked pretty miserable as well. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most boys reacted to the twins because they’re so pretty, but watching Pita interact with him with such self-assurance made me realize she was growing up before my very eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Fritz says he thinks it’s pretty good. How about letting me have a taste of it?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We play for an hour every night during training to improve our speed reflexes. It gets pretty competitive.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You must have been in a pretty bad street fight to get that scar.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A boy on a horse is pretty noticeable. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now down to the two of us, Jessica and me, the whole thing changed pretty fast. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s a pretty name,” she says, tossing her long locks back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He looked a little relieved but was still pretty rattled when I left. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty used to criticism. I can take it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

People seem to think that if Jesus could stop a lion from gobbling up a poor lame girl, he must be staying awake pretty good for the Christians—ha! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Here your shoes and socks. Let me take off your bedroom shoes and put them on. We got to get gone from here pretty soon.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But remember,” he said firmly, “cotton bolls are like roses. They are pretty but they can hurt you.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I hated Minos, it was pretty horrible to watch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Most. You got it into you pretty quickly. It will soak up a lot of what you swallowed.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The doe, a pretty, long-nosed rabbit not more than three months old, stopped and looked at him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo could’ve darted to one side and gotten lost in the plants pretty easily, but he didn’t try. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No matter how squirrelly we felt when we burst in the door, by the time we’d chugged it all down we were looking pretty docile. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the second afternoon, I’d pretty much decided that after I graduated high school in June 2015, I wanted to be a Bruin. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And it’s pretty obvious he’s over me, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ve known her for a long time. She used to be pretty nice.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I practice at home, too, until I get good at it, and I’m pretty sure that no one will be able to notice my vitiligo at school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the relief flowed into him like a fast-rising tide, Bernabe began to tell himself that he had handled the situation pretty competently. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could pretty much do whatever I wanted. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Well, it was cold, the rain was pelting the windows, the wind was howling, and it felt pretty good to be indoors. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, if Phorcys caught them, Percy was pretty sure the sea god’s power would overcome his. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was a year ahead of you, and you’re pretty sure he’s still a friend of Bridge’s brother. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“So, this play seems pretty cool. What is it?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll hear them tomorrow, then. I’m pretty tired now ... see you...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It isn’t exactly a hustle, but it’s a pretty good plan. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from Star Trek—and not speaking Farsi—depression was pretty much the only thing we had in common. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Normally I lay pretty low and let conversations roll around me, occasionally tossing in a sarcastic comment or two just so people don’t think I’m too slow to keep up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As one of Henrietta’s relatives said to me, “If you pretty up how people spoke and change the things they said, that’s dishonest. It’s taking away their lives, their experiences, and their selves.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But judging by the way Needles acted when he spoke, and how Noodles slapped him around, I could see it being tough to, especially since it had to be pretty embarrassing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I transferred to the R train and zipped four or five more stops before getting off at Twenty-fifth Street, which was pretty much like getting off in another state. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Come and sit. It’s a pretty view through your blinds.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Weylin had married a poor, uneducated, nervous, startlingly pretty young woman who was determined to be the kind of person she thought of as a lady. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s very well done,” she said, “but it is way too pretty. You do look like a girl.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty obvious I'm not much of a swimmer.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I’m pretty proud of what he did.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

A pretty, bohemian-looking strawberry blonde in her twenties sat behind a glass counter display full of handmade jewelry, staring intently at her laptop screen. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It is strange, but true, to relate, that at this point in time I was still capable of being upset by the fact that my career at Hampden had pretty much gone down the drain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And I heard you laid him out pretty good.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was far too pretty for his business. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d had Ocean pretty figured out, but suddenly I wasn’t so sure. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“As I understand it,” he said, sitting back, “you hold pretty firmly to the Vedantic theory of reincarnation.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A pretty young woman in a white summer dress held a knife to cut the cake. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a very pretty thing,” said Stuart, trying to hide his eagerness. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had a nice smile, a pretty wife who had been runner-up in a state beauty contest fourteen years ago, and two good-looking kids. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Harriet is young and she is quite pretty. She is considered one of the best dressed girls in this town, too. All her clothes are tailored specially for her.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

So Thursday is pretty much like Wednesday, only worse. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He not only had less time for me, he also had less to say to me, which, in terms of our friendship, was pretty much the same thing. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think we should . count on his help this time. He wanted a tribute, and he made it pretty clear it would be a tribute we couldn’t handle.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Because of the lights I cannot tell if my father is out there, but I am pretty sure he is. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even bruised and dead, she was pretty, pinned under the pile of her bed and the weight of all the stuff that had crushed her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But of course no one came, and pretty soon only two of six machines were still working. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You had a rapid heartbeat and tremors. You were pretty incoherent. I know it sounds awful, but it really wasn’t so bad.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s pretty obvious we have some pictures,” Jones said, tucking the pictures under his notebook. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He gave me a little jab and said to her, “Hey, I happen to know another guy that has pretty good muscles too.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his third day home he’d seen her out mowing the lawn, still pretty in a lacy red blouse and white shorts. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bennie narrowed her eyes in a pretty good imitation of her mom’s suspicious face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Rose was filling up pretty fast, and it wasn’t filling up with just anybody, I’m not lying. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She hearkened little to the insinuations of flattery or the curtseys of obsequiousness, but returned all idle, pretty chatter in its own coin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And so we would have been, I’m pretty sure, had we put an end to the matter at that point. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was remembering them with Tommy not so long ago, he thought they were pretty decent people. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah. Car accident. Broke her arm and she's bruised up pretty bad. And she got a concussion. Crazy thing is my little sister was in the car with her, but, thankfully she came out okay." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I had the front-runner all picked out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She seemed like she could be pretty cool, even though she carried a book around like a teddy bear. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“He will use his nice dagger to cut off the pretty girl’s face so that I can have it for myself, just like the last pretty little girl I found all alone in this jungle.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Of course, we’ll be safe as long as we’re in the car. But once we get out, who knows what will happen. Crowds can get pretty wild. Right, Mr. McShane?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Phoenix was booming, and he landed a job pretty quickly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We met in the sword arena, which I thought was pretty strange—trying to discuss the fate of the camp while Mrs. O’Leary chewed on a life-size squeaky pink rubber yak. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what they were saying, but I was pretty sure Miles was dragging the game out on purpose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Bubber was a swell kid and she had trained him pretty good. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Last week I would have called your house bizarre,” she admits, “but now I think it’s pretty incredible.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The contrast be­tween its purple bracts and the red flowers of the tree was very pretty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would start off carrying the sack and pretty soon it was a burden just to drag it with me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the odd towers of crisscrossed boards dotted the landscape, taller than most trees but not near as pretty. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How the hell would I know, Golly? Girls are pretty much all we talk about.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I mean, pretty girls, yeah, but not strippers. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"She might have. Seemed pretty simpleminded to me. Every time I think about her spinning around in that dress, I want to puke." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It works pretty well for them, and it always works for me. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

First he lit his paraffin lamp, then he took a pretty dubious-looking bandage out of his pocket and wrapped it around his right hand. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z