How to Use best man in a Sentence

best man

noun

• The groom asked his brother to be his best man and the bride asked her sister to be her maid of honor.
• And there is no better man than Coleman to lead Wales through it.
  — SI.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• He will be remembered as a genuinely kind and good man.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2017
• Wood is a good man who is setting a high, if not desperate, bar for his recovery.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Indeed, they’ve been better stated by better men in harder times.
  — David French, National Review, 27 Sep. 2017
• This might mean a bride selects a maid of honor and a groom has one best man, but the wedding party begins and ends there.
  — Lindsay Tigar, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2017
• This is not to cast aspersions on the good men and women at the top at UNC.
  — James Warren, The Hive, 16 Oct. 2017
• Prince Peter of Serbia, the groom’s brother, acted as the best man.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2017
• There is the problem of getting good men on the baseball team this spring, of opposition from ping-pong teams, of dating girls, etc.
  — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Oct. 2017
• But Seth is a good man — a family man, a man devoted to his community.
  — Jeremy Roebuck, Philly.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• The struggles against Michigan's rivals doesn't change fact that Jim Harbaugh is still the best man for the job.
  — Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 10 Oct. 2017
• If Jefferson was the smoother politician, Adams seems the better man to Mr. Wood.
  — Alan Taylor, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
• Under his guidance, our student-athletes can expect to win, expect to graduate and expect to leave here as better men.
  — Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 19 Oct. 2017
• That gives you an indication of the type of man Tom Padjen is, and why thousands of football players who had the honor of calling him coach are better men for it.
  — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 12 Oct. 2017
• The quiet best man / only person of color invited to the wedding, Shooter (Ishaan Khattar)?
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
• May the best man win: Or in this case, the best young men.
  — Samantha Meese, OregonLive.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• But with the fire in his voice, Ray’s the better man for the job.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
• For instance, the best man with the hole in his tuxedo who lost the ring.
  — Patricia Gannon, The Seattle Times, 16 Dec. 2017
• So much so that Kent was the best man in Favre's wedding in 1996.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020
• That leads the groom, the best man and their best friend to defeat the terrorists and save the hostages.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2022
• The rental best man gives a speech, often bringing the rental guests to tears.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
• And honestly to all the good men in the world because there’s a lot of them.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 28 June 2019
• Baseball is a mess and could use a few good men to help clean it up.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• The best man held Diana’s dress out of the water so it wouldn’t get soaked.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 28 May 2018
• Danny asked the prisoner in the cell next to him to be his best man.
  — Longreads, 4 Apr. 2022
• In the first, his best man slept with his bride-to-be and in the second his wife was going to die.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Will Democrats, like all good men and women should, come to the aid of the country, not the party?
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 July 2018
• Michael Strack of Maumelle served as his brother's best man.
  — Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2021
• My best friend will be my best man, and his wife is also a dear friend of mine.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
• The final stop on the road to Paris is here for the country’s best men’s and women’s gymnasts.
  — Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024