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.
  • Scorpio served as their best man.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And for more options, check out our list of best men’s colognes.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Baseball is a mess and could use a few good men to help clean it up.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Divorce feels like walking in on your bride and your best man.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • But with the fire in his voice, Ray’s the better man for the job.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2018
  • For instance, the best man with the hole in his tuxedo who lost the ring.
    — Patricia Gannon, The Seattle Times, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The rental best man gives a speech, often bringing the rental guests to tears.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Then the groomsmen, best man, and groom and his parents head down the aisle.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Standing by his side at the nuptials was Paul as his best man.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Men understand this and want the best man or woman for the job.
    — Daric L. Cottingham, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Danny asked the prisoner in the cell next to him to be his best man.
    — Longreads, 4 Apr. 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
  • Mike had agreed to be the best man at the friend’s wedding the following month.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Paul Haggis is a good man who has been a friend to us and so many others.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Downs Gunn’s 8-year-old son gave away his mother and served as her best man.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Prince William, of course, served as Harry's best man on his big day.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2019
  • The best man held Diana’s dress out of the water so it wouldn’t get soaked.
    — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 28 May 2018
  • Jelinek said he was meant to be there and serve as best man, but was on set filming a new project.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • And there is no better man than Coleman to lead Wales through it.
    — SI.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • 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 the second-best speech will come from best man Jason Kelce.
    — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • After doing a double take, Magelsen hugged his best man and gave him a high-five.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • After doing a double take, Magelsen hugged his best man and gave him a high-five.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • The best men’s outdoor boots are lightweight, well-designed, and classy enough to be worn both in and out of the mud.
    — Tony Vaz, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • 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

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