best friend
Example Sentences
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I looked for my best friend, Charlie Parr, but didn’t see him.
From Literature
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It was impossible to tell whether Torak’s father had been his best friend or his deadliest enemy.
From Literature
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As the nominations were announced, she woke up to celebratory shouting by her husband, a producer on The Perfect Neighbor, on the phone with her best friend who co-directed The Devil is Busy.
From BBC
Watching everything unfold was Smith's proud mother, Deborah Smith, who described their relationship as "best friends".
From BBC
This detail marks Scotty as probably the first man in American history who failed to brag to his girlfriend about his best friend being in the National Football League.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.