WELL in a Sentence

Learn WELL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

415 example sentences for WELL, such as:

1. Hatred is blind as well as love.
2. You have no ambition, I well know.
3. He did extraordinarily well in the war.
4. I chose a spot well away from the road.
5. The horse was humanized well by training.

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 Meanings and Examples of WELL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
well
 ad.  in a good way, to a high or satisfactory standard
 ad.  very much, to a great degree, or completely
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It is well that you come here to whine over the desolation that you have made.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
2  "We don't know each other very well, Nick," she said suddenly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  The room, shadowed well with awnings, was dark and cool.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  Very well, then, I won't sell you the car at all.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  He did extraordinarily well in the war.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  "It behoves him well if he be still in life," responded the townsman.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
7  We will judge warily," said Bellingham, "and look well what we.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
8  Perhaps it would have been as well if he had left it wholly to myself.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  It was a pleasant fertile spot, well wooded, and rich in pasture.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
10  I read merely to understand their meaning, and they well repaid my labours.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  You have no ambition, I well know.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
12  A family cannot well be maintained on a smaller.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
13  "She knows her own worth too well for false shame," replied Edward.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
14  I know why you inquire about him, very well; your sister is to marry him.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
15  I remember her aunt very well, Biddy Henshawe; she married a very wealthy man.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
Example Sentence: (205 in 14 pages)
16  It is as well to know which way the wind blows.
17  One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
18  Hatred is blind as well as love.
19  Fair words and foul deeds cheat wise men as well as fools.
20  Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest.
21  These actors went over very well with the audience.
22  Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
23  He that gains well and spends well needs no account book.
24  You should always strive to achieve more, however well you have done before.
25  They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose.
26  I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.
27  It's safe to stay well behind the car in front to avoid runing into it.
28  Emissions are well below the levels set by the World Health Authority.
29  I chose a spot well away from the road.
30  The horse was humanized well by training.