Below you will find example sentences with "fairly decent". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Fairly Decent in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 13
  • Discovered as a combination around: decent
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 4
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 19.6 words

Words in this phrase

fairly decent

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • fairly can mean: In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party Frequent word
  • decent can mean: Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and a fairly decent price 1× days have fairly decent sound systems 1× delivers a fairly decent performance for 1× did a fairly decent job and 1× done a fairly decent job of 1× drops a fairly decent chance to 1× for a fairly decent labour style 1× is a fairly decent album but 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for most part 1× john campbell drops 1× local lakes ponds 1× mike stagno of 1× saturday was fairly 1× so far disney 1×

Common sentence endings:

a great one 1× an added advantage 1× catfish crappie catches 1× decent refreshment spread 1× fairly decent price 1× fairly decent prizes 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

now 2× gaming 2× job 2× opportunity 1× years 1× finally 1× see 1× streaming 1× platform 1× people 1× days 1× sound 1×

Related phrases

decent amount pretty decent fairly quickly fairly widespread treated fairly decent income fairly good

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around decent:

decent amount 11× pretty decent 7× decent income 4×

Just before it in the phrase index:

fairfield bush fair value fair trade failed attempts fahrenheit degrees faculty staff

Just after it in the phrase index:

fairly good fairly quickly fairly widespread fairy tale fake documents fake news

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

fairly quickly fairly widespread fairly good

Same ending:

pretty decent

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "fairly decent" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 19.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and a fairly decent price, days have fairly decent sound systems, now, gaming and job stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with decent amount, pretty decent, fairly quickly, decent amount, pretty decent and decent income, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with fairly decent

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

They put on a fairly decent refreshment spread. (8 words)

The device delivers a fairly decent performance for gaming. (9 words)

Local lakes & ponds are fairly decent with Catfish & crappie catches. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

And those of you now have the opportunity after 20 years to finally see it on a streaming platform, and most people these days have fairly decent sound systems and fairly decent screening rooms for themselves even in the most odd of places. (43 words)

It’s not so much a call for socialist revolution or submitting the ruling class to a reign of terror as an argument for a fairly decent Labour style election manifesto. (31 words)

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 gaming headset is now available as a multisystem peripheral with several high-quality audio features and a fairly decent price. (25 words)

Example sentences (13)

And those of you now have the opportunity after 20 years to finally see it on a streaming platform, and most people these days have fairly decent sound systems and fairly decent screening rooms for themselves even in the most odd of places.

And, if you’re a student, you might even win one of some fairly decent prizes.

Local lakes & ponds are fairly decent with Catfish & crappie catches.

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 gaming headset is now available as a multisystem peripheral with several high-quality audio features and a fairly decent price.

So far, Disney has done a fairly decent job of interweaving all aspects of into one, concise narrative.

It’s not so much a call for socialist revolution or submitting the ruling class to a reign of terror as an argument for a fairly decent Labour style election manifesto.

John Campbell drops a fairly decent chance to give Ajinkya Rahane a life.

Saturday was fairly decent with only a few sprinkles or widely scattered showers around western Washington and just cloudy skies.

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The Angels’ rotation is easily their weakest point, so perhaps hiring the last coach under which their pitching staff was fairly decent might make sense.

The device delivers a fairly decent performance for gaming.

For most part, the Sony earpods did a fairly decent job, and the convenience is just an added advantage.

They put on a fairly decent refreshment spread.

Mike Stagno of Sputnikmusic opined that the record is "a fairly decent album, but not a great one".

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