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

Pretty Sure in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: pretty
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.2 words

Words in this phrase

pretty sure

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • pretty can mean: Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. Frequent word
  • sure can mean: Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

and is pretty sure the meaning 1× he s pretty sure the accident 1× he s pretty sure there are 1× hollis was pretty sure there were 1× i am pretty sure i am 1× i am pretty sure that if 1× i am pretty sure the arizona 1× i m pretty sure i believe 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few years 1× and even though 1× he s pretty 1× i am pretty 1× i know that 1× i m pretty 1×

Common sentence endings:

14 games remaining 1× a different position 1× actually seen it 1× done it right 1× get him signed 1× here on fark 1×

Context words

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

percent 2× two 2× know 2× fact 1× primarily 1× money 1× people 1× work 1× steam 1× mature 1× knew 1× early 1×

Related phrases

making sure pretty good pretty decent actually pretty weren sure pretty consistent

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around pretty:

pretty good 20× actually pretty 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

pretty good pretty decent pretty consistent press writers press writer press secretary

Just after it in the phrase index:

prevent flooding prevent further prevent future prevent people preventative maintenance prevention cdc

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

pretty good pretty decent pretty consistent

Same ending:

making sure weren sure

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "pretty sure" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and is pretty sure the meaning, he s pretty sure the accident, percent, two and know stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with making sure, pretty good, pretty decent, pretty good and actually pretty, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with pretty sure

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

Short example sentences

And she’s pretty sure she knows why. (8 words)

Said Pruitt:”I’m pretty sure we played pretty good up-front defensively. (13 words)

But I’m pretty sure whoever gets the job is going to burn the place down. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Sure, we control 70 percent to 80 percent of the household spending, but they’re pretty sure we’ll keep buying their stuff no matter how many rapists and batterers they have playing in the league. (36 words)

I’m not sure the Bears are a true playoff contender as they’ve displayed through two weeks, but I am pretty sure the Arizona offense (3.7 yards per play) is brutal. (33 words)

A few years later some well-justified Schadenfreude happened and corporate seized the entire franchise, all assets and locations - I'm pretty sure the owner's actions contributed in legal proceedings against him. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

I'm pretty sure it's the fact that they primarily make money from other people's work and that Steam is pretty mature.

We knew pretty early - or we were pretty sure - that Demi was going to sign and I am delighted to get him signed.

Said Pruitt:”I’m pretty sure we played pretty good up-front defensively.

I am not sure what the team is, but I'm pretty sure they have made the plans and done it right.

Sure, we control 70 percent to 80 percent of the household spending, but they’re pretty sure we’ll keep buying their stuff no matter how many rapists and batterers they have playing in the league.

I'm not sure how the laws are in Australia, but I'm pretty sure this also counts as biological warfare and terrorism.

I’m not sure the Bears are a true playoff contender as they’ve displayed through two weeks, but I am pretty sure the Arizona offense (3.7 yards per play) is brutal.

A few years later some well-justified Schadenfreude happened and corporate seized the entire franchise, all assets and locations - I'm pretty sure the owner's actions contributed in legal proceedings against him.

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And even though MLB has every reason to do so, I’m pretty sure they won’t cancel the Pirates season with 14 games remaining.

And if this was the first option the Secret Keeper—the game’s head storyteller—had offered, Hollis was pretty sure there were no other girl miniatures in his bag.

And she’s pretty sure she knows why.

But I’m pretty sure whoever gets the job is going to burn the place down.

Has no time to hear why you think is overrated and is pretty sure the meaning of the Universe can be found in the movie Cats.

He's pretty sure there are more yarns to unearth - and not just from the bus business.

However, he’s pretty sure the accident could have been much worse if he’d landed in a different position.

I am pretty sure that if the US wanted to blow up the kremlin it would involve more than two drones.

If someone were to come up to me and ask if I was autistic, I would not shy away from the question and would likely say that I am pretty sure I am.

If we had this in America I'm pretty sure we would have had more of a turnout.

I know - that's misandry and all but I'm pretty sure that's still allowed here on Fark.

I mean, I’m pretty sure I believe that a live-action exists, I just don’t know anyone who has actually seen it.

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