best friend
Example Sentences
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What kind of person would bring harm to his best friend, I mumbled to myself.
From Literature
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When Adrian Metoyer first heard government officials describing his best friend as an “active shooter” and threat to his community, he was furious.
From Los Angeles Times
In a statement released previously, Tamzin's mother Amy Hall described her eldest daughter as her "best friend" and said her death had left their family "devastated".
From BBC
At midnight, I got a text message from one of my best friends who grew up a few blocks north of me.
From Los Angeles Times
Levon White, a third-grader in Newman Lake, Wash., said he orders sushi once a month when he visits his best friend’s grandmother, who happily foots the bill.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.