better halves
Example Sentences
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U.S. presidents’ better halves take center stage in the new historical drama “The First Lady.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2022
They dominated them in one of the better halves they’ve played this season.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022
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
Not only were there the wives and offspring of the working-classes; but the better halves of many tradespeople and bourgeois had remained in the city, together with a good many ladies of higher social rank.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred