Below you will find example sentences with "best friend". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Best Friend in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: friend
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 32
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.1 words

Words in this phrase

best friend

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • best can mean: superlative form of good: most good. Common word
  • friend can mean: A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

actions his best friend has died 1× after the best friend she was 1× became her best friend and a 1× became my best friend 1× been my best friend for eight 1× but a best friend nonetheless 1× ferreira her best friend in childhood 1× firefly bf best friend and firefly 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a much loved 1× as the spring 1× at worst she 1× carmichael has discussed 1× dearly loved husband 1× her son a 1×

Common sentence endings:

my best friend 2× best friend nonetheless 1× crew looks on 1× for 4 years 1× for eight years 1× free and full 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

two 4× childhood 4× son 4× years 3× year 3× looking 2× find 2× kabhi 2× voh 2× din 2× aamir 2× old 2×

Related phrases

best director best pittsburgh best picture best practices best wishes best original best actor best actress best comedy best film

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

best film best dressed best drama best documentary best director best deals

Just after it in the phrase index:

best friends best gifts best interests best known best musical best offensive

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

best director best pittsburgh best picture best practices best wishes best original

Same ending:

longtime friend closest friend loyal friend

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "best friend" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as actions his best friend has died, after the best friend she was, two, childhood and son stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with best director, best pittsburgh and best picture, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with best friend

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

My best friend has been my best friend for eight years. (11 words)

So, I feel like Bats is her best friend and her only friend. (13 words)

Two other galaxies are also in the vicinity, called Firefly BF (Best Friend) and Firefly NBF (New Best Friend. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Kangana shared on her story, “Actually mujhe bhi kabhi kabhi voh din yaad aate hain jab Aamir sir was my best friend… jaane kahan gaye voh din (Sometimes I think of the days when Aamir si was my best friend. (40 words)

This 38-year-old woman has a best friend who is a year older than she is, and over the weekend, her best friend sadly broke up with the guy she was with for 4 years. (36 words)

Carmichael has discussed falling for his best friend in his act; the show reveals that friend to be rapper Tyler, the Creator, who then lets Carmichael down gently as an entire production crew looks on. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

If you’re looking for a partner, you’re looking for a best friend — albeit a friend you find sexually appealing and want to fuck the shit out of, but a best friend nonetheless.

Kangana shared on her story, “Actually mujhe bhi kabhi kabhi voh din yaad aate hain jab Aamir sir was my best friend… jaane kahan gaye voh din (Sometimes I think of the days when Aamir si was my best friend.

My best friend has been my best friend for eight years.

This 38-year-old woman has a best friend who is a year older than she is, and over the weekend, her best friend sadly broke up with the guy she was with for 4 years.

Two other galaxies are also in the vicinity, called Firefly BF (Best Friend) and Firefly NBF (New Best Friend.

At worst, she was the best friend; and at best, she was the childhood friend that was competing with Zero Two.

She tweeted this out, her boyfriend sent her best friend flowers after the best friend she was cheated on.

His best friend and fellow stuntman Rory Bushfield took to social media to pay tribute to his best friend who was ‘living his ultimate dream, free and full’.

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Dearly loved husband and best friend of Jane, loving dad of Jamie, beloved son, son in law, brother, brother in law, nephew, uncle and friend of many.

It is why my best friend was afraid to tell me her stance on abortion or my closest childhood friend was afraid I would judge her when she came out as bisexual.

Simon Rogers, defending, said that Jones also considered Mr Chahal his closest friend, and is “devastated that, because of his actions, his best friend has died”.

There’s your childhood best friend, the friend you met in high school, your college roommate, and the random girl you met at the gym one day.

A much loved husband, best friend and soulmate of Sue who will miss you forever and a good friend to many.

As the spring semester unfolded, that classmate transitioned into a friend, and before I knew it, they became my best friend.

Carmichael has discussed falling for his best friend in his act; the show reveals that friend to be rapper Tyler, the Creator, who then lets Carmichael down gently as an entire production crew looks on.

It was through the trial-and-error of a friendship app that she managed to find one friend who became her best friend and a major part of her wedding.

One friend recently killed herself after enduring the losses of her son, mother, best friend, and a niece and nephew.

So, I feel like Bats is her best friend and her only friend.

The only friend to whom she can turn is slouchy, awkward Bailey (Barbie Ferreira), her best friend in childhood, though the two have grown apart over the years.

Her son, a seventh-grader at Belmonte Middle School in Saugus, was shot by his 14-year-old best friend while the two were playing with a loaded handgun at the friend’s home.

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