better halves
Example Sentences
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After attending the Paris Games, the Cornishmen are potentially eyeing a return flight to LAX in three years, pending the approval of their better halves, of course.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025
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
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
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?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
