Examples of better half in a Sentence
Please come to our party—and your better half is invited, too!
“Allow me to introduce you to my better half, Joan”
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And Anthony’s better half, Kate, will also be back.
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 14 Oct. 2025
Tim and his better half, Jill (Patricia Richardson), raised three rambunctious sons – Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith), who turned into '90s teen heartthrobs off the show.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025
And, in the immortal words of the late Caledon Hockley: Not the better half.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
The mom had been planning on enlisting the help of her better half in dealing with the serpent intruder.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 14 Oct. 2025
Tim and his better half, Jill (Patricia Richardson), raised three rambunctious sons – Brad (Zachery Ty Bryan), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) and Mark (Taran Noah Smith), who turned into '90s teen heartthrobs off the show.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2025
And, in the immortal words of the late Caledon Hockley: Not the better half.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025
The mom had been planning on enlisting the help of her better half in dealing with the serpent intruder.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for better half
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“Better half.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/better%20half. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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