Sentence examples for pretty big from inspiring English sources

The phrase "pretty big" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe that something is quite large, not extremely large but still noticeably large. For example, "The apartment was pretty big, much bigger than I expected."

Exact(59)

So it's pretty big".

The Guardian - Lifestyle

Pretty big, it seems.

The New York Times

"That's a pretty big favor".

The New York Times - Sports

That's a pretty big megaphone.

Independent

"It's a pretty big deal".

The New York Times

"I think it's pretty big.

The New York Times

Songs are pretty big files.

The New York Times - Tech

MOTH: Pretty big.

The New Yorker

That's pretty big.

The New York Times

"He's pretty big.

The Guardian

Which are, incidentally, pretty big.

Independent

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