How to Use significant other in a Sentence

significant other

noun
  • Before you make such an important decision, you should talk it over with your significant other.
  • Then your significant other gets to both help you and laugh at you the whole time.
    — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Go for some more unique spots that will drive your significant other wild.
    — Bernadette Anat, Seventeen, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Baking is a fun way to spend more time with your significant other.
    — Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 9 Jan. 2023
  • No one wants to have to convince their significant other to do that.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022
  • Add in a significant other and a baby, and things get cramped fast.
    — Ray Boyd, Philly.com, 22 June 2018
  • On the flipside, that’s a lot of time to spend with your significant other.
    — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The significant other spends a fair amount of time alone with my grandchild.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • Atae compares his thought process to a split with a significant other.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Do not cheat on your significant other.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Here’s a robe and boxer combo both you and a significant other are sure to love.
    — Michelle Duncan, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Their significant other is maybe a male.
    — Zachary Weiss, Vanity Fair, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Like a real spouse, a work husband or work wife can be a significant other.
    — Anne Marie Chaker, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The same words that come off as critique from a significant other sound like advice from a friend.
    — Hannah Singleton, Outside Online, 19 July 2022
  • All the kids and their significant others were visiting him up at his house.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Do many, if not all, of us bend the rules a little around spouses and significant others?
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Try a creative kente cloth print, or get a monogrammed set for you and your significant other.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 9 July 2020
  • In fact, a handful of people even mused about pulling this prank on their significant others.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
  • One need not be married to share the spotlight with a significant other.
    — Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
  • It’s known as the hookup app, but plenty of people have found significant others.
    — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The day should be a reflection of you and your significant other.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Both were betrayed by their friend and significant other.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 May 2026
  • The game that robbed men and women of their significant others for weeks on end is getting a sequel.
    — Evan Lewis, EW.com, 14 June 2019
  • Give one of these brilliant bouquets to your significant other or to a friend to brighten their day.
    — Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Your significant other is away on a business trip and the school will only release your child to a guardian.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Fellas, your wife, your lady, your significant other, nah, nah, your wife, is your north star.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
  • Plus, if your significant other wants to get in on the fun and dress up together, even sweeter.
    — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Surely this behemoth of a man would get past this fear so a significant other could have the chance to sleep in peace.
    — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 30 July 2019
  • Is your significant other bringing you home to meet the in-laws for the holidays?
    — Air Mail, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Loosening the grip on your significant other or crush will give them the freedom to soar with you right by their side.
    — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024

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