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

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

The week before that, they — and their better halves — broke bread to celebrate the Cranstons' 25th wedding anniversary.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2014

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

Two old Scotch gentlemen, having left their better halves in the Land o' Cakes, on quitting Covent Garden theatre were discussing the merits of the play, the School for Scandal.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 by Various