Sentences with better
bet·ter
B b - It cost the better part of her pay
- You better behave yourself
- Obey your betters
- To get the better of a rival
- I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught.
- He is much better now, he's fine.
- It's half past two. I think we had better go home.
- Better not say too much aloud.
- We expect better of you in the future.
- He recorded a time of 4 minutes 23, bettering the old record of 4-24. [VERB noun]
- He had dedicated his life to bettering the lot of the oppressed people of South Africa. [VERB noun]
- She is better loved than her sister
- Business is going well.
- To shake well before using; listen well.
- To behave well.
- A difficult task well done.
- I could not well refuse.
- Think well before you act.
- A well-developed theme.
- To know a person well.
- I anger easily, as you well know.
- He took the joke well.
- A fountain welling its pure water.
- She insisted on directing the play and on producing it as well.
- Joan is witty as well as intelligent.
- Tears welled up in my eyes.
- It took better than an hour