better halves
Example Sentences
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They dominated them in one of the better halves they’ve played this season.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022
“Racing Wives” are all rev’d up and ready to go in this new reality series about the better halves of some of NASCAR’s finest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019
I often hear patients blame themselves, and I've even seen spouses blame their better halves right to their face.
From US News • Jun. 3, 2015
And it contained a message to all the better halves of these dual-minded characters: “You’ll always be a part of me.”
From Slate • May 28, 2013
Presently he managed to spring back, exhibiting the utmost agility to the last, until he sat down again in the midst of his better halves, who had been amongst the most demonstrative of his applauders.
From The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa by Skinner, E.F.
