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better halves

NOUN

partner in marriage

Synonyms

WEAK

consort espoused feme covert helpmate helpmeet husband mate partner rib significant other soul mate spouse wife

Example Sentences

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“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

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 fathers helped their better halves in this; they were bashful to a degree.

From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne