best friend
a person’s closest or most cherished friend: Sheila has been my best friend since we were seven.
something that a person particularly depends on or has a special affection for: A purple, stuffed armadillo was my best friend and companion through my whole childhood.
something considered or suggested to be particularly useful or valuable:When it comes to saving for retirement, compound interest is your new best friend.Your local piano tuner could be your best friend when buying a piano.
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How to use best friend in a sentence
I need my best friend to sit on the couch and watch TV with me; I need Wonder Woman to save the world.
My boyfriend and his best friend remember seeing you there, too.
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She was his best friend and a delightful person to have for a mother; her soul might be her own possession undisturbed.
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He forced himself to regard the great Enemy of Man as his best friend—his only comforter and refuge.
He posed as the lover of Mme. de Brebion, the wife of his best friend.
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