bosom buddy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Grant accepts most of that secondary order, but Kidman's character isn't exactly bosom buddy material either.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020
It wasn’t like I was a bosom buddy of his, we didn’t hang out constantly, but it was more about who he was and what he represented that impressed me.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2019
He also warned Democrats that his bosom buddy could win reelection in a 40-state landslide.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2019
In an interview with journalists, Mr. Xi hailed the trust his government had built in Latin America by quoting a Chinese proverb: “A bosom buddy afar brings distant lands near.”
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018
Raw and emotional, disinclined toward introspection, he had the kind of gregarious, magnetic personality that instantly won him friends for life; hundreds of individuals—including some he’d met just once or twice—considered him a bosom buddy.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
![]()