How to Use best friend in a Sentence

best friend

noun
  • Alex and Harper were doing something that all girls and their best friends did: made up songs and dances.
    Falon Fatemi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Growing up in the late 1970s, my best friend was from Michigan.
    Robin Queen, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024
  • My friends all came up to me asking why there were two other people in wedding dresses (MIL and her best friend).
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The Friends costars have been real-life best friends since the '90s.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
  • Bring your pooch and enjoy a day at the pool with your best friend.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024
  • Know that every friend doesn't have to be a best friend.
    Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 4 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a core girl group of best friends and each of them kind of represent a part of me.
    Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
  • Frizzy haired folks – this spray is going to be your new best friend!
    Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Frizzy haired folks – this spray is going to be your new best friend!
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
  • Elvis even fends off other fish who want to get close to his best friend.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2023
  • Asked me if his best friend and back up goalie could start on senior night!
    Lenny Rowe, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • And, of course, to protect his best friend/punching bag, Greg, too.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Spencer trades a night out on the town for an evening in pajamas, with good tunes and best friends.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The two sophomores are best friends and teammates on the Wolves cross country team.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, getting your best friend the perfect birthday present is the easy part.
    Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 16 July 2023
  • That changes overnight; the target person is now their best friend, and the other one is shunned.
    Abigail Van Buren, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Lola is my best friend and is in much better health now.
    Andrea Barbour, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Rogers had his dad, stepmom and Carlos, one of his best friends, there.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Plant lovers are going to have fits for this super cute new best friend.
    Poppy Morgan, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
  • And last but certainly not least, retinol may be your new best friend.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • There's nothing better than a road trip with your best friends.
    Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Mindfulness: Headspace Think of Headspace as your mind’s best friend.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Ever had to debut your new boyfriend in front of his ex — who happens to be your best friend?
    Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Then came the false narratives that my former best friend shot me.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Giovanni Ribisi also guest starred in the episode as Black's best friend.
    Brittany Natale, Redbook, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Between your mother, cousin, and best friend, you may be tempted to snag a dozen gift cards and tap out.
    Jamie Fischer, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Some of those people are still my best friends—Ilana [Miller] and Lindsey [Alley].
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Four months later, Clarke’s best friend from childhood, the singer Robert Marlow, did too.
    Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Many people count their siblings among their best friends.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 22 May 2024
  • Who would do anything—including drop his best friend—to win you over?
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 3 May 2024

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