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.
• May the best man win: Or in this case, the best young men.
  — Samantha Meese, OregonLive.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• The rental best man gives a speech, often bringing the rental guests to tears.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
• Downs Gunn’s 8-year-old son gave away his mother and served as her best man.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 16 Apr. 2018
• When one bro asks another bro to fulfill their bromance by asking him to be his best man.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
• Just as planned, the owl landed on the outstretched arm of the best man, just a few feet from the soon-to-be-wed couple.
  — Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
• Tell your guests Let your maid of honor or best man do the administrative dirty work.
  — Marissa Miller, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2018
• The best man was a really nice guy who had recently been through some serious medical trauma and had been in the hospital for weeks.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 30 Mar. 2018
• Federer holds a record 20 Grand Slam titles and is considered by many to be the best men's tennis player of all time.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Prince William is reportedly taking on one of the best man's biggest duties: planning the bachelor party.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Apr. 2018
• Lacy was maid of honor; Mr. Pantaleo’s brother Dan Pantaleo was best man.
  — Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
• Art Clayton, Tarrant County prosecutor, said sometimes good men do really bad things — and that comes with a price.
  — Mitch Mitchell, star-telegram, 26 Apr. 2018
• Not surprising, especially as Harry was William’s best man in 2011.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 26 Apr. 2018
• But with the fire in his voice, Ray’s the better man for the job.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
• 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
• 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
• Men understand this and want the best man or woman for the job.
  — Daric L. Cottingham, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• Prince William, of course, served as Harry's best man on his big day.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
• Javier was Claxton's best man in the wedding last month.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 26 Nov. 2021
• Williams wanted to be a good man, troubled by the world and swept away by his own fame.
  — David Thomson, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• The groom and his best man wore regular black suits with long black ties and white shirts (not tuxedo shirts).
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
• Come for the chap-like fisherman boots—with that classic Anderson touch of kink—and stay for some of his best men’s knitwear.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 22 June 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024