How to Use well in a Sentence

well

1 of 5 noun

• Their output for the day is a record of their well-being.
  — Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
• Over the long run, that does not bode well for the health of the planet — and our own well being.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
• And you’re supposed to make sense of this and tend to your own well-being alone?
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• Happy hour runs noon to 7 p.m. with half-price well drinks, drafts and $5 house wines.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
• The well ran dry for the Maryland men’s basketball team.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2023
• This leaves lots of space in the well beneath the tiny third-seat cushions for stowing gear.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 31 Aug. 2023
• The exchange at the well has a deeper meaning than just water, said the priest.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2023
• Both tribes use the same aquifer, with wells reaching thousands of feet into the ground.
  — Umar Farooq, ProPublica, 7 July 2023
• Just outside the back door, an old well is still intact.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2023
• Shares of firms that drill and service offshore oil and gas wells have surged this year.
  — Bob Henderson, WSJ, 24 July 2023
• Some still use burros to lug water from the well uphill to the village.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• The city had a well, which was infected with E. coli due to hog farming.
  — Grace Noble, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
• The company has been drilling in the area since 2021 but is yet to find a productive well.
  — Wanjohi Kabukuru, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
• There was reason to believe things wouldn’t turn out this well.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• That changed in 2014 amid a historic drought, and as ever-deeper wells caused land in some places to sink.
  — Amy Taxin, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2023
• Skiers and snowboarders should also watch for tree wells in the deep snow, the resort said.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• At the time, officials believed it could be related to a well drilled at the site.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2023
• After the vote, Bowman stood in the well of the House surrounded by a large group of Democrats who hugged him in support.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• The forest department rescued the cub the next day and released it after dark near the well.
  — Vidya Athreya, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
• Once the ingredients have been well blended, create a well in the center of the dry mixture and set the bowl aside.
  — Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2024
• Some 79 percent of monitoring wells hit record lows in the past decade alone.
  — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• The new dose controlled his blood glucose well, and so our new goal was to wean him fully off of insulin.
  — Ricardo Nuila, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2023
• Love that values the well-being of others above itself.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 Jan. 2023
• Once the hard work of drilling the wells is over, there’s still a chance that an EGS project will never tap enough heat or pump enough water to power a plant.
  — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
• Logan Paul is a narcissist that has no respect at all for the well-being of his fans.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 3 Feb. 2023
• But so far, Universal and Nolan have served each other well.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
• Using back of a spoon, press down to ensure ice cream is evenly packed into each well.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2023
• The movement-mood connection is strong, and the well-being of our bodies and minds is co-dependent.
  — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
• One day a princess loses her favorite possession, a golden ball, in a deep well.
  — Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
• The only water source is from a well, according to Gaza’s deputy health minister on Oct. 12.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023

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well

2 of 5 verb

• The vapour seems to be welling up from an ocean beneath the moon’s icy shell.
  — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2017
• And mark well me words, mateys: Dead men tell no tales!
  — Mark Eades, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2017
• By the end, even the principal’s eyes welled with tears.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
• Cold water welling up from the depths of the ocean has helped to hold off the warm expanse.
  — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2019
• As Rogers looked at the photo, her eyes welled with tears.
  — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2017
• Tears welled in the eyes of one of the most trusted men in America.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
• The tears welled up and rolled down more than a couple smiling faces.
  — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Blood welled on the 64-year-old’s fingertip, and the nurse coaxed a droplet into a vial.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• The cost is low, apart from the hours spent driving to well sites and covering them.
  — Joshua Bowling, azcentral, 23 June 2019
• Tears welled up in my goggles, pooling at the soft rim of the face cushion.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2024
• Watching Moore speak, tears welled in the woman’s eyes and her lips shook.
  — Adam Tamburin, USA TODAY, 23 June 2017
• Fear welled in the pit of his stomach that he could still be hauled back off to jail at any time.
  — Krista Torralva, Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2023
• The resolve of 2014 welled up in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Crimea and southern Ukraine.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 June 2018
• ElijahKing turned away from the group, his eyes welling up.
  — Lulu Ramadan, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2023
• All that had welled up in Leila to say in response had tumbled back down her throat.
  — Susan Choi, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• Anger was welling on the other side of the police barricades.
  — Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Daly, long-retired, was among those who got a heads-up call, and 40 years of emotions welled up.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
• As tears welled, a CBS reporter mentioned the emotion in her eyes.
  — Candy Woodall, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
• His face shook and his eyes welled as fans cheered his name in the pregame ceremony.
  — Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
• Or your strong emotions might well up out of the deep and threaten to capsize a mission.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 13 Nov. 2022
• As the moon moved over the sun, Colleen Mather laid on her blanket looking up at the sky, with tears welling in her eyes.
  — Alicia Fabbre, Daily Southtown, 21 Aug. 2017
• Cut to: my mother welling up in tears, and then Patti and Jesse Smith @michiganmanhattan Imagine!
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 15 June 2017
• Cut to my mother welling up in tears, and then Patti and Jesse Smith played 'Imagine'!
  — Steve Marinucci, Billboard, 15 June 2017
• The interrogator bit down hard on the towel and screamed, and his eyes welled up and reddened.
  — Paul Yoon, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
• My mom, god bless her heart, defended me till her face was red and tears welled up in her eyes.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Teen Vogue, 7 July 2017
• Tears of pride welled up in some parents' eyes as their children marched from a tunnel in blue caps and gowns.
  — J.l. Kirven, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2019
• The interrogator bit down hard on the towel and screamed and his eyes welled and reddened.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 29 Jan. 2020
• Zorah Horst is shown frowning, her eyes welling with tears.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019
• Olivia Rosenow’s eyes welled up with tears of joy the second her feet hit the mat to complete her uneven bars routine.
  — Joel Badzinski, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2017
• Shock, bewilderment, a slight nausea, a sudden urge to fight back the tears that welled in my eyes.
  — Ruby Namdar, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2023

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well

3 of 5 adverb

• She sings and plays the guitar quite well.
• He doesn't smoke or drink, and he eats well.
• She doesn't treat her boyfriend very well.
• The essay is well written.
• He has his own business and is doing well for himself.
• The company is doing well.
• You got a perfect score! Well done!
• She works well under pressure.
• I did surprisingly well on my history test.
• Then, to have John Hurt with us, as well, was a little treat.
  — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Variety, 28 July 2023
• And genre movies work very well in the ancillary space as well.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
• The midnight aluminum sports band is a bonus that's sure to get you a bonus as well.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, seventeen.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Tonight’s starters faced off in the second game of the season, and neither fared well.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• In that sense, the old strip and the new fable work best, maybe, together.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Who says everyone has to be in five days a week to work well?
  — Julia Hobsbawm, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2023
• The dark leather cover sports a funky-looking shape as well.
  — Monica Chin, The Verge, 31 Mar. 2023
• There are so many up-and-coming female artists as well – not just in the U.S., but all over the world.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2024
• If both teams’ fixes turn out well, this could be a great matchup in Week 17.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 July 2023
• But that’s something Congress has been well aware of for some time.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• The result is a night of theater that not only speaks to the culture but shifts it as well.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2023
• In 2021, The Row launched a children's collection as well.
  — Jessica Booth, Redbook, 9 Aug. 2023
• The stitching is well done, and there are no obvious snags or rips.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• Finding hole-fillers down the lineup has been a struggle, as well.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• Plus, these steps will help to prevent (or treat) flat head syndrome as well.
  — Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
• When the rose is removed, another species of plant can grow well in the planting hole.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• That same price and week-to-week difference is mirrored in Green Bay, as well.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
• But there was a social function to the convention as well.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2023
• Sweetens the mix with a hint of molasses flavor and caramel undertones that work well with the sea salt.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2023
• The school’s version is well on its way there, with one of the five figures missing entirely as the others have started to weather away.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
• Formal, or maintained, landscapes are typically well groomed, requiring frequent maintenance while informal, or free formed, are landscapes where the plants are left to grow.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 13 Apr. 2024

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well

4 of 5 interjection

• well, that is odd!
• The best time to wear a striped sweater is, well, all the time.
  — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• And of course Lake’s biggest lie is, well, the Big Lie.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2022
• Taub is on firmer ground with, well, the ground itself.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2022
• But if the concept fails to fake flight, well, no harm, no … fowl.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• But the piece can also be seen as a study of, well, seeing.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• The team is survived by, well, almost too many to count.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• Choosing to be with some of those women, well, that's on me.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• And well, the life of a sports columnist in Cincinnati is never done.
  — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2023
• And the report accused Trump of contributing to the planning of the Jan. 6 march well ahead of time.
  — Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
• The House was, well, a hot mess of uncertainty and dashed plans.
  — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023
• Over the past few years, Lyft and Uber have had to come to grips with, well, the transportation business.
  — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
• The Browns are off to Buffalo, well Detroit, this weekend to take on the Bills.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
• At the end of the game, though, the mascot will disappear and the winning player will, well, eat it.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• This debate has always struck me as—well, sort of fake.
  — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2023
• In a large bowl add your cake mix and the rest of the ingredients (well, except the frosting).
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2022
• But others, well, not so much. Punter Bryce Baringer continues to be one of the best in the country.
  — Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2022
• Patchy frost is even on the table tonight well south of town and may be more widespread Monday night.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
• Right out the gate, there’s some major differences in that, well, Frank’s alive.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023
• And as for legacy, well no one really wants to become the Hulk.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2022
• If your picks are different from mine, all well and good.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 17 Nov. 2022
• Lose at home against a 200-plus Kenpom team and, well, Dutcher doesn’t want to think about the consequences.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
• In all, Fair Share has raised $21 million so far this year, well ahead of the opponents’ $13 million.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• In the beginning …: What did the universe sound like before there was, well, a universe?
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• If you’ve been confused by the trends in crime and policing—and the debate about them—well, who wouldn’t be with statistics like that?
  — Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
• Although sadly some of it was … there were maybe one or two too many well … hobbits [laughs].
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2022
• The aughts revival is alive and well, with the best parachute pants being a critical piece of the Y2K fashion pie.
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Sep. 2022
• The heart pieces below reflect the shift in heart jewelry that inspired my own, well, change of heart.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 2 Feb. 2023
• The pants, however, are also see-through, which is something even MLB’s biggest stars are having a hard time getting, well, behind.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
• Smoot, for his part, is reticent to talk details, preferring to keep his secrets, well, secrets.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024

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well

5 of 5 adjective

• The children are well again.
• I hope you get well soon.
• I don't feel very well.
• You don't look so well.
• I hope all is well with you and your family.
• Behind the scenes on the series, all has not been well.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022
• While all of that is well and good, Mathurin will turn 20 in June.
  — oregonlive, 20 May 2022
• But by the time the wedding day arrives, Viserys is not a well man.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 18 Sep. 2022
• Then again, there’s that old saying about going to the well one too many times.
  — cleveland, 21 Jan. 2023
• Well, at 310 decibels, the eruption would have been well over the threshold of pain caused by sound.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 25 May 2022
• Many of these are easy to make, or easy to make ahead, and most keep well and can be eaten hot or cold.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Jan. 2023
• But for now, all is well, so congrats to the happy couples.
  — Glamour, 28 Feb. 2023
• The pair thanked their followers for their prayers and well wishes.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
• The subject of divorce now is well and truly on the back burner.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Even beyond the bourses and stores, all is not well at Apple.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 29 Sep. 2022
• By the time his campaign ended, the two were well on their way to a life together.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2022
• The ball had skipped too far away, and Maile was already well on his way to first base on the third strikeout of the eighth inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2022
• These claims remain alive and well in Central Texas, too.
  — Michael Murney, Chron, 29 Aug. 2022
• Wednesday’s highs will be well into the 80s with clearing skies.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022
• Show progress there, and Wheeler could be well on the way to reaching Coleman’s challenge to be the best point guard in the country.
  — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 29 July 2022
• Kody Brown has well wishes for his ex-wife Christine Brown.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2023
• There are a couple species of lightning bugs that do better, though still not well, with light.
  — Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY, 2 July 2022
• Israel is also an option, for those well enough to fly there.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• Using a well-wrung-out cloth, start at the top and work your way down with the cleaning solution, then rinse with a clean, damp sponge.
  — Jennifer Kopf, Country Living, 12 Jan. 2023
• Tyson Kozak, after missing Game 5, played in Game 6, but wasn’t even well enough to take any faceoffs, a big part of his game.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 17 May 2022
• The world would already be well on its way to plunging off an economic cliff.
  — Jason Matheny, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2022
• The fix simply involved swapping in a much stronger link to the retraction system, and all was well.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022
• This card signals that a cycle has ended and all is well for the questioner.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 19 July 2022
• Temple authorities had stopped using the well years ago and covered the mouth with iron grills and tiles.
  — Ashok Sharma, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
• Some devices have built-in speakers as well, but most will prompt you to connect a Bluetooth device for a better listening experience.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024