How to Use well-to-do in a Sentence

well-to-do

adjective
  • And why should well-to-do passengers be getting a free ride?
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • The couple lived in a well-to-do neighborhood.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Like coming home to one’s well-to-do grandparents for dinner.
    — Christian Martinez, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2024
  • These parents were portrayed as well-to-do and well-organized.
    — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 27 June 2023
  • Johnson and his bandmates were free Black men; the audience was white and well-to-do.
    — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Louis Bardot, her father, was a well-to-do businessman.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Eventually, the well-to-do, or working rich, start hurting too.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The lobby is filled with well-to-do patrons, and seeing children in tow is not unusual.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • That’s why the patient investor can combine prudence with time to become a well-to-do retiree.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • Born to a well-to-do family in Voghera, Italy, south of Milan.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • An estate sale is, of course, often associated with the well-to-do.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Cheol-woong, played by Choo Young-woo, is the only son of a well-to-do family.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Most of the people making money at auctions are the already well-to-do, the company says.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
  • This would be an expensive deficit-expanding tax cut for folks in blue states that are relatively well-to-do.
    — Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In the reboot, Constance, now a well-to-do widow, owns the catering company.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Yamazaki’s mother was the daughter of a well-to-do wholesale produce broker.
    — John McMurtrie, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Was the Met this starved for money to end up restricting access to less well-to-do sections of our society?
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Milner was a well-to-do veterinarian, worth millions.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Before she got married, Kate was already relatively well-to-do.
    — Mallory Moench, TIME, 4 May 2024
  • His mother was German, his father was Spanish and the family was well-to-do.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Tad grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, in a well-to-do family.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • 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 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
  • Through the war, the well-to-do English reader with two pounds, twelve shilling and six pence to spare could follow news from this faraway land across a series of maps.
    — April White, JSTOR Daily, 17 June 2026
  • And what fun to see Felix — now a successful artist — looking so suave and well-to-do after all the drama of his 20s!
    — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 30 June 2024
  • In Morocco, in particular, riads were the grand city homes of well-to-do families.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Then came an all-out effort to attract more families from the school’s well-to-do Lincoln Square neighborhood.
    — Mila Koumpilova, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • To boot, consumers—especially the well-to-do—continue to spend big time on everything from dining out to health and wellness.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 May 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'well-to-do.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: