Sentence examples for be well-off from inspiring English sources
adjective
Alternative spelling of well off
- He was expecting a large inheritance from a well-off aunt.
That is not because everybody is expected to be well-off; rather, it is thanks to social engineering.
Osborne's logic appears to be that if the Tories make life for poor people insufferable, they will simply choose to be well-off.
Experts have long assumed that such rulings seldom help the poor, because the benefits are restricted to the plaintiffs, who are likely to be well-off.
As the concept has been constructed historically, however, the citizens to whom "democracy" refers have tended to be well-off men, swathed in white skins, western bodies.
You either have to be well-off enough to be able to bow out of work for an extended period or be willing to devote vacation time to the pursuit.
In a New York Times column describing her decision, Jolie acknowledged she was lucky to be well-off enough to easily afford to take the test for the culpable genes.
There was one condition: The recipients could not be well off.
They seemed to be well off and perfectly persuaded to Chris's point of view.
Never earning enough to be well off, always stuck for childcare, but things were all right.
"I'd say the better risk customers -- with better credit scores -- will be well off," he said.
In the booming economy, people are eager to not only be well off, but also to appear so.
