How to Use well-to-do in a Sentence

well-to-do

adjective
Definition of well-to-donext
Synonyms for well-to-donext
  • The whiter, more well-to-do Rochester Hills, where the family moved, in 1969, in the wake of the riots in Detroit, proved easy to loathe.
    — Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Johnson and his bandmates were free Black men; the audience was white and well-to-do.
    — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Cheol-woong, played by Choo Young-woo, is the only son of a well-to-do family.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The princess is the oldest of three children brought up in a well-to-do neighborhood in Berkshire, west of London.
    — arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Huppert was born into a well-to-do family in Paris in 1953.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The well-to-do, on the other hand, are more likely to be worrying about their jobs and stock portfolios.
    — Heard Editors, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • In the reboot, Constance, now a well-to-do widow, owns the catering company.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • These parents were portrayed as well-to-do and well-organized.
    — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
  • It was brought to the region by well-to-do British and American expats, and took hold only among local elites.
    — Stefan Szymanski, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • The novel’s setting is a well-to-do Kansas City suburb, and its events transpire from the mid-Twenties to the early Forties.
    — Gemma Sieff, Harper's Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
  • His mother was German, his father was Spanish and the family was well-to-do.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • An estate sale is, of course, often associated with the well-to-do.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • His wife, Hosun, along with just about everyone else, urged Kim to go back to work for his father and live the well-to-do life of housekeepers and chauffeurs.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Shortly after her parents divorced in 1978, her father met Suzan, a well-to-do divorcee and mother of two.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Stepping through the doors of Kasuri might shock the average tourist visiting Hudson, but also inspire the enclave or well-to-do artists in the area.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Yamazaki’s mother was the daughter of a well-to-do wholesale produce broker.
    — John McMurtrie, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Chef Chris Bianco’s father in 1970 painted a portrait of a well-to-do Manhattan woman.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • However, arguably the biggest thing to come from the series, which plumbs the bad behavior of well-to-do travelers, may be the reemergence of Jennifer Coolidge.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 5 June 2023
  • The first buyers are likely to be well-to-do technology savants and collectors, Mr. Rose said.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the past, a well-to-do family arrives for vacation on Saint X, a Caribbean island loosely based on Aruba.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The lock-in effect also doesn’t have much of an effect on the wealthy, so while others have held on tight to their homes and refused to sell for fear of losing their low mortgage rate, well-to-do buyers haven’t been held back as much.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • From a cast of characters that includes Sammy's middle school arch-nemesis, her more well-to-do best friend, and her friend's older brother, there's a rich ensemble to pull from.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker and Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the Hyde Square teens have watched their parents or caretakers toil to make ends meet, and felt cheated to learn their families and others are paying more for groceries than shoppers in a more well-to-do town.
    — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
  • Beyond that, Butler brings a fresh and welcome perspective to a Senate heavily populated with geriatrics and the well-to-do.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Soon, as a cloying montage telegraphs, their budding relationship is in full bloom, with stylish and well-to-do Kôsuke taking the young Ryûta almost under his wing.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Growing up in a blue-collar family in the 1950s, she was made to feel like an outsider in an elitist sport that was still the preserve of well-to-do white people in all-white outfits at exclusively white country clubs.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • The family lived in San Francisco’s affluent Presidio Terrace, and to the outside world presented the picture of a stable, well-to-do family.
    — Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The simple design was easy to reproduce and operate, and so Wimshurst machines found their way into laboratories, schools, and even the homes of well-to-do Victorians.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2023
  • To be able to afford the fees is a pipe dream for most families in Gaza, living in poverty, and a small fortune even for well-to-do Palestinians who have fled their homes and struggle to obtain basic necessities during the war.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Although Denmark is a small and wealthy nation, there’s still a wide gap between the well-to-do urban population and those in the rural districts whose lives are under pressure and who feel forgotten by those in power.
    — Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024

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