better halves
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“Greenleaf’s” Keith David, R&B singer Ledisi, and their respective better halves are among the couples sharing their secrets for making relationships last in a new season of “Black Love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2021
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
Or at least think about it, dream about it, while their better halves are curled up in the bed, facing the wall, like in Hopper’s “Excursions into Philosophy.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2013
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
The males have also assumed female attire, though their better halves have not returned the compliment.
From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter
